Behnam Barzgar, Mohammad Reza Jani, Hassan Eslamialiabadi
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Abstract
Background: One of the challenges women may face after experiencing severe burns is a shift in their social and marital roles. The process by which they reclaim these roles remains unclear.
Purpose: This study was carried out to explore how women work to restore their marital and social status.
Methods: This qualitative research involved face-to-face, semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions. Sixteen women with severe burn injuries participated in the study. Data collection proceeded until no new information emerged (data saturation), and the analysis was carried out using a conventional content analysis approach. The study was conducted in accordance with the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR).
Results: Two themes and six subthemes emerged: Consistency of self-position in married life (self-sacrifice, continuity of roles, normalization of sexual relations) and social interaction (social isolation, reliance on internal forces in interaction with the community, use of available support).
Conclusion: Following severe burn injuries, women often strive to reestablish their roles within their marital and social relationships. Healthcare professionals, including nurses and physicians, can play a vital role by educating survivors and their families (particularly their spouses) about how to effectively cope with the challenges associated with severe burns. Such educational efforts can support women in reclaiming their position and improving their overall well-being.
期刊介绍:
Archives of Women’s Mental Health is the official journal of the International Association for Women''s Mental Health, Marcé Society and the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology (NASPOG). The exchange of knowledge between psychiatrists and obstetrician-gynecologists is one of the major aims of the journal. Its international scope includes psychodynamics, social and biological aspects of all psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders in women. The editors especially welcome interdisciplinary studies, focussing on the interface between psychiatry, psychosomatics, obstetrics and gynecology. Archives of Women’s Mental Health publishes rigorously reviewed research papers, short communications, case reports, review articles, invited editorials, historical perspectives, book reviews, letters to the editor, as well as conference abstracts. Only contributions written in English will be accepted. The journal assists clinicians, teachers and researchers to incorporate knowledge of all aspects of women’s mental health into current and future clinical care and research.