TY - JOUR
T1 - The power in being together for young adults who have heart disease – the photoshoot experience
AU - Gallagher, Robyn
AU - Potter, Ellen
AU - Thomson Mangnall, Linda
AU - Ladak, Laila
AU - Gallagher, Patrick
AU - Neubeck, Lis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - Objectives The study aimed to determine perceived motivations and benefits of photoshoot participation for young adults who have heart disease. Background Feeling isolated and different can have lifelong affects on quality of life in heart disease survivors. Photoshoots, where people create a photographic image of themselves, promote positive interpretation of their cardiac illness experience, but participant experiences remain under-investigated. Methods Young adult heart disease support group members completing a photoshoot were interviewed and data were thematically analyzed. Results Seven females and one male aged 20–47 years participated. The main theme, People Like Me, emphasized feelings of being different, isolated and uncertain due to the heart disease. Other themes related to support gained from people who were not like them, gaining and providing support to their peers. The photoshoot enabled a highly valued collective feeling. Conclusions For young adult heart disease survivors, the photoshoot provides a fun, social opportunity to reduce isolation and share experiences.
AB - Objectives The study aimed to determine perceived motivations and benefits of photoshoot participation for young adults who have heart disease. Background Feeling isolated and different can have lifelong affects on quality of life in heart disease survivors. Photoshoots, where people create a photographic image of themselves, promote positive interpretation of their cardiac illness experience, but participant experiences remain under-investigated. Methods Young adult heart disease support group members completing a photoshoot were interviewed and data were thematically analyzed. Results Seven females and one male aged 20–47 years participated. The main theme, People Like Me, emphasized feelings of being different, isolated and uncertain due to the heart disease. Other themes related to support gained from people who were not like them, gaining and providing support to their peers. The photoshoot enabled a highly valued collective feeling. Conclusions For young adult heart disease survivors, the photoshoot provides a fun, social opportunity to reduce isolation and share experiences.
KW - Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
KW - Cardiac disease
KW - Congenital heart disease
KW - Experiences
KW - Photoshoot
KW - Social support
KW - Young adult
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85016502305&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2017.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2017.02.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 28366291
AN - SCOPUS:85016502305
SN - 0147-9563
VL - 46
SP - 199
EP - 204
JO - Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care
JF - Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care
IS - 3
ER -