20.500.12556/RUL-140394 “Negotiating a new normality” - a longitudinal qualitative exploration of the meaning of living with an open surgical wound Purpose: Little is known about the experiences of people living with open surgical wounds. These wounds are common and predominantly affect young and actively working people. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the meaning of living with open surgical wounds. Methods: A qualitative exploratory study was conducted. We collected data using two individual interviews with each of ten participants (aged between 18–73 years) who had open surgical wounds. Our analytical approach was based on qualitative content analysis. Methods are reported using COREQ guidelines. Results: We found that the meaning of living with open surgical wounds is shaped by five subthemes: “enduring healing”, “life disruption”, “adapting to a new reality”, “striving for healing” and “returning to normal life;” all under an overarching theme of “negotiating a new normality”. Conclusion: Participants’ well-being and everyday living are greatly impacted by open surgical wounds. Findings from this study emphasize that open surgical wounds are a longterm condition with a typical “chronicity” trajectory; this brings a new perspective to previous findings of studies on living with complex wounds. This study has also highlighted areas for further research, related to improving individuals’ experience of living with open surgical wounds. healing by secondary intention complex wound lived experience suffering adaptation quality of life complexity body image qualitative content analysis nursing sekundarno celjenje kompleksna rana doživeta izkušnja trpljenje prilagajanje kakovost življenja kompleksnost samopodoba kvalitativna analiza vsebine zdravstvena nega true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2022-09-14 12:39:53 2022-09-14 12:40:00 2022-09-16 04:14:34 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 15 str. no. 1, art. 2123932 Vol. 17 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-09-09 616-001-083:001.891 1748-2631 10.1080/17482631.2022.2123932 121321987 paden.pdf paden.pdf 1 918922C32CA385E6FF4EE6B98F199C83 2ad5e70a7edda60d4f3775e2150bc80626b9e01d6b74084e7a01378ccf0cacc1 0811ec0a-341a-11ed-92af-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=161112 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17482631.2022.2123932 1 8b7ff2a6-3419-11ed-92af-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=161110 Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0