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. 2014 Dec 11;1(1):2055102914561272.
doi: 10.1177/2055102914561272. eCollection 2014 Jul.

Emotions while awaiting lung transplantation: A comprehensive qualitative analysis

Aurelia Brügger  1 , John-David Aubert  1 , Chantal Piot-Ziegler  2
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Emotions while awaiting lung transplantation: A comprehensive qualitative analysis

Aurelia Brügger et al. Health Psychol Open. .

Abstract

Patients awaiting lung transplantation are at risk of negative emotional and physical experiences. How do they talk about emotions? Semi-structured interviews were performed (15 patients). Categorical analysis focusing on emotion-related descriptions was organized into positive-negative-neutral descriptions: for primary and secondary emotions, evaluation processes, coping strategies, personal characteristics, emotion descriptions associated with physical states, (and) contexts were listed. Patients develop different strategies to maintain positive identity and attitude, while preserving significant others from extra emotional load. Results are discussed within various theoretical and research backgrounds, in emphasizing their importance in the definition of emotional support starting from the patient's perspective.

Keywords: context; emotion; interview; lung; pre-transplantation; qualitative; transplant; valence; wait.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Figure 1.
Medical characteristics of the patients.
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Positive emotion-related descriptions (Step 2, a.1).
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Negative emotion-related descriptions (Step 2, a.2).
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Neutral emotion-related descriptions (Step 2, a.3).
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Primary emotions (Positive/Negative Step 2, b.1).
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Secondary emotions (Positive/Negative Step 2, b.2).
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Emotional evaluation (Positive/Negative/Neutral Step 2, b.3).
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Emotional coping strategies (Positive/Neutral Step 2, b.4).
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Emotion descriptions related to personal characteristics (Positive/Neutral Step 2, b.5).
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Figure 10.
Emotional descriptions related to physical states (Positive/Negative Step 2, b.6).
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Context of occurrence for each emotion-related category and by valence (Step 3).
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Figure 12.
Positive emotional descriptions by categories with their main contexts of occurrence.
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Figure 13.
Negative emotional descriptions by category with their main contexts of occurrence.
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Figure 14.
Neutral emotional descriptions by category with their main contexts of occurrence.
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