Circumstances surrounding the onset of stroke: a qualitative study.

Aim: To document perceptions of circumstances spontaneously associated with the occurrence of the stroke on that particular day.

Background: Known triggers of stroke include birthday or negative emotions. However, specific circumstances relating to that birthday or emotion have not yet been documented.

Circumstances surrounding stroke onset: symbolic meaning of time factors related to numbers and days of the week.

Purpose: To explore the circumstances surrounding the onset of stroke, and especially the symbolic meaning of time factors related to numbers and days of the week.

Method: Phenomenological qualitative study involving individual interviews conducted 5-8 weeks post-stroke. The audiotaped interviews were transcribed, then comprehensively coded by two team members, and summaries of each case were written.

Could stroke trigger be prevented by healthy family relationships?

Although major stroke risk factors are well documented, little is known about which life circumstances are perceived to be related to the actual triggering of a first stroke. The purpose was to explore self-perceived spontaneously related life circumstances surrounding the trigger of a first stroke. A qualitative design with a phenomenological orientation was used.

[Psychosocial resources, transitory events and quality of life of aging people.].

Based on data of the Québec longitudinal study on aging, this article examines crosswise the relation between psychosocial resources of elderly people and their quality of life. The sample of 781 subjects includes three groups of elderly people selected according to their age and their experience or not of a major transitory event: retirement (60-65), widowed (70-75) and functional incapacity (80-85). The results confirm that respondents with a high level of psychosocial resources obtain better performances in the various indexes of quality of life.

Temporal stability of the transcendent actualization inventory.

This paper describes a study of the temporal stability of a new inventory, the Transcendent Actualization Inventory, which aims to estimate actualization of psychospiritual potential. For 200 subjects, the test-retest reliability was .84 for Time 1 vs Time 2.