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The Impact of Critical Injury as Described by a Spouse

A Retrospective Case Study

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

This descriptive study explored the initial experience of critical injury from a spouse's perspective. A case study was used to examine the Lazarus stress and coping paradigm. The subject was 43-year-old Caucasian woman, with three young children. Semistructured interviews were conducted i month following critical injury. Analysis of data confirmed the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional coping processes as suggested by Lazarus. From the spouse's description, three distinct phases of the critical care experience also emerged. notification, arrival at the hospital. and waiting periods. Cognitive, behavioral. and emotional coping processes were clustered according to the spouse's distinct phases of this experience. A 3 x 3 matrix provides a description of the coping processes during the initial critical care period and offers direction for nursing interventions.

Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 1, No. 4, 385-401 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/105477389200100407


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