Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:39:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BiancaGT_DISSERT.pdf: 864579 bytes, checksum: 3ce5b0877b01b5f9684ecce92d5aa5f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-15 / O presente estudo tem como objetivo compreender os sentidos da experi?ncia de jovens e adultos com a intera??o social virtual, partindo de suas narrativas. Inspiradas nas ideias de Martin Heidegger, especialmente em seu semin?rio A Quest?o da T?cnica , refletiremos sobre os modos de ser-com, em tempos de tecnologia, internet, consumo e hipermodernidade, contexto deste estudo, onde as coisas s?o vivenciadas em seu extremo (hiperconsumo, hipercorpo, hipermercado, hipercart?es). Neste cen?rio, a Internet e as Tecnologias de Informa??o e Comunica??o est?o mediando, cada vez mais o contato do homem com o mundo, reconfigurando a vida em sociedade. Diante disso, apresentamos A Era do Click , em que s?o possibilitados novos meios de estar com os outros. Este ? um estudo qualitativo, baseado na fenomenologia de Heidegger, por ser favorecedora da compreens?o dos sentidos da experi?ncia em rela??o ? quest?o problematizada. Como estrat?gias de pesquisa foram utilizadas sondagem de campo e entrevistas individuais, inspiradas nas narrativas de Walter Benjamin. Cinco colaboradores relataram suas experi?ncias de ser-com no mundo virtual. A partir de seus relatos foi poss?vel compreender que o espa?o virtual se revela como mais um l?cus, dentre tantos, no cotidiano do ser do homem, em que emergem diferentes modos de ser-com. Dependendo de sua abertura, a proximidade ou o distanciamento tornam-se relativos, do mesmo modo que o pessoal e o impessoal, o pr?prio e o impr?prio. Al?m disso, tornou-se claro que, a virtualidade pode ajudar a lidar com a solid?o e a ang?stia temporariamente, da mesma forma que pode tornar-se uma barreira para um contato mais aprofundado e aut?ntico com os outros. Os colaboradores demonstraram uma atitude de serenidade, um poder dizer sim e n?o simultaneamente ? t?cnica moderna, al?m de uma postura de meditar sobre os modos como se conectam. Questionamos as implica??es em longo prazo da virtualiza??o do contato, estimulando novos estudos, sob a luz da fenomenologia heideggeriana

This doctoral study examines whether MFIs in Ethiopia have developed the managerial readiness to face emerging threats and seize the opportunities within the context of unpredictable changes and turbulences. The interpretative phenomenological approach (IPA) has been used to collect, shape, and interpret the lived experiences, intuitions, and insights of 10 CEOs of MFIs. The data were interpreted using the double hermeneutic and analysed through the lenses of the theory of organisational agility and the Cynefin framework to make decisions. The premise of this study is that MFIs without agile organisational capability may fail to prepare and respond to changes in the external environment. The study results show multiple impediments that restrict MFIs from being adaptive towards achieving double bottom lines, i.e., the creation of social and financial value. MFIs in Ethiopia suffer from “pain points” such as inflation, illiquidity, and turbulences. The challenges include: the weak governance practice of nominal shareholders, outdated decision-making processes causing delays, staff turnover reducing enterprising capacity, and MFIs lacking sufficient digital and technological infrastructure. The study found most MFIs are incapable of responding quickly and innovatively to seize opportunities or to overcome adversities. The conclusion is that MFIs in Ethiopia have inadequate agile organisational capability to make strategic choices and execute operational processes during multiple and complex changes. The findings of the research are important, and pertinent for a better understanding of the organisational agility of social enterprises. The study has provided five recommendations to enhance policies and practical actions to build the agile organisational capabilities of social enterprises.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T14:21:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Karen Cristine Barbosa Costa.pdf: 1225636 bytes, checksum: 5f89af366fa38ab4a7a6402b6641e6e7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-10 / Having as a start point the Phenomenology applied to an specific social context, the Hip Hop movement, this work concerns on the daily life of the movement youth to learn the meanings of living the time. We presented here an overview about Hip Hop, its main characteristics and elements. Then, we focused on the concepts of lived time and care, as well as their characteristics, after that, we conclude with some considerations about possible connections between these concepts allied to Hip Hop. The movement participants are described as active in the learning life, abandoning the figure of mere receptors of an unequal social model. That is, in the Hip Hop, they bring off their lives by means of an ethical education. Through the categories analysis on apprehended discourses, it is concluded that the Hip Hop gives to the participants acquisition opportunities of a life motivation, by the time experience in relation to the place and the others. Thus, it permits that, in the dialog between individual and its context, the foundation of a successful human being life. Furthermore, the Hip Hop movement visibility can contribute to the comprehension of the current society, recognizing in this movement capable subjects to formulate consistent suggestions of change, in an unequal social model context. / Tendo como ponto de partida a Fenomenologia aplicada a um contexto social específico, o movimento Hip Hop, este trabalho discorre sobre o cotidiano de jovens pertecentes ao movimento, com o objetivo de apreender os significados do viver o tempo. Apresentamos aqui um panorama sobre o Hip Hop, com suas principais características e os elementos que o compõe. Em seguida, abordamos os conceitos sobre o tempo vivido e o cuidar, bem como suas características, logo após, finalizamos com algumas considerações acerca das possíveis ligações destes conceitos com o Hip Hop. Participantes desse movimento são descritos ativos na aprendizagem da vida, deixando de serem meros receptores de um modelo social desigual. Ou seja, no Hip Hop eles resgatam suas vidas por meio de uma formação ética. Mediante o exame das categorias diante dos discursos apreendidos, é concluso que o Hip Hop confere aos seus participantes oportunidades de aquisição de um sentido para a vida, por intermédio da experiência do tempo em articulação com o espaço e com a relação com os outros. Com isso, permite-se que no diálogo do indivíduo com seu contexto sejam construídos, em indissociável inter-relação, os fundamentos de uma vida humana bem sucedida. Portanto, a visibilidade do movimento Hip Hop pode contribuir para uma compreensão da sociedade atual, reconhecendo neste movimento sujeitos competentes para formular propostas de mudanças abrangentes e consistentes, dentro de um modelo social desigual.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SynaraLRB_DISSERT.pdf: 752371 bytes, checksum: 1713774d9379e7817a2364d49164a871 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-23 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The depression is one of the most common forms of getting ill nowaday. Due to the increase in incidence of depression cases registered worldwide, this theme has been the subject of important studies, especially regarding the symptomatological description and biological etiology of the disease. This research had the objective to understand the unique experience of depression experienced by people who recognize themselves in depression, under the focus of existential phenomenology of Martin Heidegger. To reach the proposed objective, individuals narratives interviews were conducted with four participants, starting from the triggering question, "from your experience, how is for you to being depressed?". The survey revealed that depression affects the whole person and is related to stressful life contexts. Depression was narrated as an experience of disempowerment and lack of self esteem and personal worth. The collaborators of the research referred to the depression from sad, angry, bored and pessimistic mood. The time is experienced as a restriction to the projective opening towards the possibilities of being in which the future is seen as catastrophic and the past lived as debt and guilt. The corporeality, in depression is experienced through the weight, fatigue and pains for no reason. The space is lived from the notion of fall and collapse. We also realized the desire for isolation and avoidance of social contact. Suicide is desired and represents the end of the suffering in life. The depression has proved, still, very stigmatized, because it is discredited and misunderstood. The stigma also addressed to the experience of hospitalization and the unsuitability to the socially imposed standards of beauty, which generates enough suffering to the depressed person. The medication was described based on its positive effects, as a balance and suffering reducer, but also as a producer of dependence. Were also identified according to the collaborators, traces of selfdemand, ordenality and being-for-others, characteristic of typus melancholicus. This study contributes to an understanding of the depression that goes beyond the merely biological perspective and symptomatology of the pathology. The investigation of the depressive experience, through the lens of Heidegger's phenomenology, showed us the phenomenon of the depression in their singularity, complexity and multiple meanings, showing the close relationship between the formation of the depression and the context of personal and social life of the participants / A depress?o ? um dos modos de adoecimento mais comuns na atualidade. Devido ao aumento na incid?ncia de casos de depress?o registrados em todo o mundo, este tema tem sido objeto de importantes estudos, especialmente, no tocante ? descri??o sintomatol?gica e etiologia biol?gica da doen?a. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo compreender a experi?ncia singular de depress?o vivida por pessoas que se reconhecem em depress?o, sob o enfoque da fenomenologia-existencial de Martin Heidegger. Para atingir o objetivo proposto, foram realizadas entrevistas-narrativas individuais com quatro participantes, partindo da quest?o disparadora: a partir de sua experi?ncia, como ?, para voc?, estar em depress?o? . A pesquisa revelou que a depress?o afeta a pessoa em sua totalidade e se relaciona a contextos de vida estressantes. A depress?o foi narrada como uma experi?ncia de despotencializa??o e de falta de autoestima e de valor pessoal. Os colaboradores da pesquisa se referiram ? depress?o a partir do humor triste, irritado, entediado e pessimista. O tempo ? vivido como restri??o da abertura projetiva em dire??o ?s possibilidades de ser, em que o futuro ? visto como catastr?fico e o passado vivido como d?bito e culpa. A corporeidade, na depress?o, ? experienciada por meio do peso, do cansa?o e de dores sem motivo. O espa?o ? vivido a partir da no??o de queda e de afundamento. Tamb?m percebemos o desejo pelo isolamento e a evita??o de contato social. O suic?dio ? desejado e representa o fim do sofrimento em vida. A depress?o se mostrou, ainda, muito estigmatizada, pois ? desacreditada e incompreendida. O estigma tamb?m se dirigiu ? viv?ncia de hospitaliza??o e pela n?o adequa??o aos padr?es de beleza institu?dos socialmente, o que gera bastante sofrimento ? pessoa em depress?o. A medica??o foi descrita a partir de seus efeitos positivos, como um equil?brio e atenuador do sofrimento, mas tamb?m como gerador de depend?ncia. Tamb?m foram identificados, na fala dos colaboradores, tra?os de auto-exig?ncia, ordenalidade e ser-por-outrem, caracter?sticos do typus melancholicus. Este estudo contribui para uma compreens?o da depress?o que transcende a perspectiva unicamente biol?gica e sintomatol?gica da patologia. A investiga??o da experi?ncia depressiva, sob a lente da fenomenologia heideggeriana, nos relevou o fen?meno da depress?o em sua singularidade, complexidade e m?ltiplos sentidos, mostrando a ?ntima rela??o entre a constitui??o da depress?o e o contexto de vida pessoal e social dos participantes

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:39:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AnnaVPMM_DISSERT.pdf: 1711640 bytes, checksum: 3bc464f995fcfef467668a79f0dbba8c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-03 / Death is a theme that fascinates, though at the same time, frightens and uneasy the human being, despite the finitude being present at our daily lives. In each historical time, death has been represented in a peculiar way, from familiar death (at Middle Ages), to interdicted death (at contemporary times). Through this path it‟s possible to recognize several attitudes and stages front of death and the process of dying as possibilities of coping and the understanding of these occurrences. In other hand, the palliative care proposal came as a humanized attention, front of the human finitude, recognizing death as a part of the vital cycle. The Brazilian reality, in this context, still faces a lot of political, economic and social barriers that makes difficult the consolidation of palliative care at the death process in the Brazilian Health Care policies. Currently, according to the Brazilian Palliative Care Association, Brazil presents an average of 40 services with this proposal. Such data portray our inexpressive condition in relation to these cares when considering the territorial extension and population of our country. Considering this scenario is relevant think about death and the process of dying at contemporary times, at a health context in which palliative care, when trying to humanize the process of dying, bring to light the issue of human finitude and the beingtowards- death, as thought by the philosopher Martin Heidegger. According to him, the human being (Dasein) is constituted as a being-towards-death, once death is its most own potentiality-for-bein and its last possibility to be lived. In view of the ideas presented, the proposed study appears as a qualitative research of existential-phenomenological inspiration and aims to understand the experience of being-toward-death from the psychological care to a person out of possibilities of cure living on palliative cares. The psychological care happened at the patient‟s home, understanding the clinical process of being-with-the-other from the written reports of the psychology/researcher, by the accompanying sessions, configured as an experience report. These reports are focused on the experiences lived by the patient, as well as apprehended by the psychologist at the intersubjectivity relation and its own experience with Dasein and, therefore, being-toward-death. The reports were hermeneutically interpreted, from the senses that emerged in this process, considering the notion of being-toward-death proposed by Heidegger. Furthermore, it was important to dialogue with other authors that approached the studied theme. It is perceived, through brief and meaningful reflections about the clinical treatments started, that the experience of illness with no possibilities of cure makes the Dasein revises feelings and experiences that were marked at the temporality and historicity of existence. It is a stage of life in which the cultural dimension and the common sense of finitude, often gains ground in the human condition, taken in its ordinary sense, unlike the way it has been thought from an ontological and existential perspective of death. Thus, there are singulars and revealing paths in the palliative care scenery as possible ways for authenticity of being-toward-death / A morte ? um tema que fascina, mas que ao mesmo tempo assusta e inquieta o ser humano, embora a finitude esteja sempre presente no nosso dia-a-dia. Em cada tempo hist?rico, a morte foi representada de modo peculiar, desde a morte familiar, na Idade M?dia, ? morte interditada, na contemporaneidade. Nesse percurso, s?o reconhecidas as diversas atitudes e est?gios diante da morte e o processo de morrer como possibilidades de enfrentamento e compreens?o destas ocorr?ncias. Por outro lado, a proposta de cuidados paliativos surgiu como uma aten??o humanizada diante da finitude humana, reconhecendo a morte como parte do ciclo vital. A realidade brasileira, nesse contexto, ainda vivencia muitos entraves pol?ticos, econ?micos e sociais que dificultam a consolida??o dos cuidados paliativos perante o processo de morrer na pol?tica da Sa?de Brasileira. Atualmente, segundo a Associa??o Brasileira de Cuidados Paliativos, o Brasil apresenta, em m?dia, 40 servi?os com essa proposta. Tais dados retratam a nossa condi??o inexpressiva, em rela??o a esses cuidados, se levarmos em considera??o a extens?o territorial e a popula??o do nosso pa?s. Diante desse cen?rio ? pertinente refletir acerca da morte e o processo de morrer na contemporaneidade, num contexto de sa?de em que os cuidados paliativos, ao tentarem humanizar o processo de morrer, trazem ? tona a quest?o da finitude humana e o ser-para-morte, tal como pensado pelo fil?sofo Martin Heidegger. Segundo este, o ser humano, Dasein, se constitui como um serpara- morte, uma vez que a morte ? o seu poder-ser mais pr?prio e a sua ?ltima possibilidade a ser vivida. Em face das ideias apresentadas, o estudo proposto configura-se como uma pesquisa qualitativa de inspira??o fenomenol?gico-existencial e tem como objetivo compreender a viv?ncia de ser-para-a-morte a partir do atendimento psicol?gico a uma pessoa fora de possibilidades de cura vivenciando os cuidados paliativos. O atendimento psicol?gico foi desenvolvido em domic?lio a um paciente que se encontrava nessas condi??es, compreendendo o processo cl?nico de ser-com-o-outro a partir dos relatos escritos da psic?loga/pesquisadora, por meio das sess?es de acompanhamento, configurando-se como relato de experi?ncia. Estes focalizam a experi?ncia vivida pelo paciente, tal como apreendida pela psic?loga na rela??o de intersubjetividades e a sua pr?pria experi?ncia como Dasein e, portanto, ser-para-a-morte. Os relatos foram interpretados hermeneuticamente, a partir dos sentidos que emergiram nesse processo, considerando a no??o de ser-para-a-morte proposta por Heidegger. Al?m disso, foi importante dialogar com os outros autores que abordam a tem?tica estudada. Pode-se perceber, atrav?s de breves e significativas reflex?es acerca dos atendimentos cl?nicos iniciados, que a viv?ncia da doen?a sem possibilidades de cura proporciona ao Dasein reverem sentimentos e viv?ncias marcados na temporalidade e historicidade da exist?ncia. ? um est?gio da vida em que a dimens?o cultural e do senso comum da finitude, muitas vezes, ganha espa?o na condi??o humana, tomada no seu sentido vulgar, diferentemente da forma como tem sido pensada numa perspectiva ontol?gica e existencial da morte. Portanto, h? percursos singulares e reveladores no cen?rio da assist?ncia em cuidados paliativos como caminhos poss?veis para a autenticidade de ser-para-a-morte

This study investigates the experience of exchange studies from a phenomenological perspective. Phenomenology studies the sentence structure of the phenomenon and places the lifeworld as a central concept. Husserl (2002/1954) described the lifeworld as a coherent universe of objects where we, all of us living with another in this world, may be conscious of the world as a universal horizon. In this study the lifeworld of exchange students is investigated with emphasis on their experience of the exchange. The aim of the study is to highlight the sentence structure in the experience of living as an exchange student which involves a meeting with a different culture. Seven interviews were conducted with exchange students that participated in at least one semester of higher education abroad and the resulting data was analyzed using the EPP method. This method describes the general meaning structure of the phenomenon and identifies several distinguishing features. For this study ten features were identified; an expectation and openness relative an uncertain future, a deliberate break, a part of something bigger, a deliberate approach to cultural codes, an encounter with different values, new interactions and relations, language difficulties, a new environment, a creation of identity and a personal development and responsibilities. The results indicate that the experience of exchange studies may not always be unproblematic since it’s often difficult to gain access to the culture and society of the host country. However, the experience also seems to be rewarding and is characterized by a personal development and a change in the perception of both oneself and people from other cultures. The results also show that the exchange student may gain a feeling of living in a global society where all possibilities are present. / Denna studie utgår ifrån en fenomenologisk ansats. Fenomenologins uppgift är att beskriva ett fenomens meningsstruktur där ett centralt begrepp är livsvärlden. Enligt Husserl (2002/1954) belyser livsvärlden den verklighet som man ständigt befinner sig i tillsammans med andra människor. Grundvalen för denna studie är att studera utbytesstudenters livsvärld där upplevelsen av utbytesstudier är i fokus. Syftet med studien är att beskriva meningsstrukturer i upplevelsen av att leva som utbytesstudent och som inbegriper ett möte med en annan kultur. Sju intervjuer har genomförts med utbytesstudenter som alla studerat minst en termin inom högre utbildning vid ett värduniversitet i ett annat land. De aktuella data som behandlats har analyserats med hjälp av studiens valda metod, Empirical phenomenological psychologial (EPP-metoden). Resultatet beskriver det aktuella fenomenets meningsstruktur som en helhet och visar vilka de generella kännetecknen är. De generella kännetecknen som framkommit i studien är; en förväntan och en öppenhet inför en obestämd framtid, ett medvetet uppbrott, en del i att uppnå något större, ett medvetet förhållningssätt till kulturella koder, ett möte med andra värderingar, nya interaktioner och relationer, svårigheter med språket, ändrade livsvillkor, ett identitetsskapande, en personlig utveckling och ett ansvarstagande. Resultatet indikerar att upplevelsen av utbytesstudier och att möta en annan kultur inte är helt oproblematisk då det ibland är svårt att få tillträde till värdlandets kultur och samhälle. Dock verkar upplevelsen även vara en värdefull tid som präglas av en utveckling och ett ifrågasättande av tidigare föreställningar om en själv och människor från andra kulturer. Resultatet påvisar också att utbytesstudenten kan ha en känsla av att leva i en global värld där alla möjligheter finns.

Lack of understanding of the Husserlian phenomenological issues peculiarity in relation to science fact and in particular the psychology (either a lack of understanding come from philosophers or psychologists outside or not the phenomenological movement) constitutes the rationale for developing this work. If even some of his disciples did not comprehend it, It would not be enough to assume that today (i.e. the distance of a century) these problems remain misunderstood. Thus, our specific goal is to understand the scope and limits of the phenomenological reduction, the method that give us free access to the terrain phenomenological. So we can effectively overcome the obstacles that keep the spiritual thought locked in his own horizon. Our investigations are focused on the first two parts of Ideas I, the first work that came public with the specific goal to be a systematic introduction to phenomenology. In the first chapter of this work, we keep proper within the formal logic, we will investigate the differences of principle between essences and facts, as well as between science and science of essences of facts in order to understand how philosophy should it be a science of essences, peculiar and autonomous. In the second and third chapter, however, we will move it in phenomenological terrain. While the second will investigate the designation and the effective of restriction on the natural positing to finally understand how such a reduction takes place; In the third, the goal is to establish a definite distinction between "abstraction" in the phenomenological positing of mere abstractions of the natural sciences. From the primary exclusion (a term that allude to manifestation of the reduction) it will be develop other attempts of exclusion, thus extending the phenomenological reduction to other transcendent spheres of being. With these weights we expect to have finally got rid of that constant temptation to establish a erroneous metabasis own thought that closes a natural theoretical positing. / A não compreensão da peculiaridade da problemática fenomenológica husserliana em relação às ciências de fato e em especial à psicologia (já seja uma não compreensão oriunda de filósofos ou psicólogos alheios ou não ao movimento fenomenológico) constituí a justificativa para desenvolvimento do presente trabalho. Se mesmo alguns de seus discípulos não a compreenderam, não seria demais supor que atualmente (isto é, com o distanciamento de um século) tal problemática continuaria incompreendida. Com isso, nosso objetivo específico é compreender o alcance e os limites da redução fenomenológica, o método que nos franqueia o acesso livre ao território fenomenológico. Assim poderemos superar efetivamente os obstáculos que mantém o pensamento espiritual fechado em seu próprio horizonte. Nossas investigações estão centradas nas duas primeiras partes das Idéias I, a primeira obra que veio publicamente com a meta específica de ser uma introdução sistemática a fenomenologia. No primeiro capítulo deste trabalho, nos manteremos propriamente no território da lógica formal, investigaremos as diferenças de principio entre essências e fatos, bem como entre ciências de essências e ciências de fatos para poder compreender como a filosofia deve se constituir como ciência de essências peculiar e autônoma. No segundo e no terceiro capítulo, não obstante, nos moveremos, pois, em território fenomenológico. Enquanto no segundo investigaremos a designação e a efetivação da restrição na atitude natural para enfim entendermos como tal redução se efetua; no terceiro, a meta é estabelecer uma distinção definitiva entre a abstração em atitude fenomenológica das meras abstrações das ciências naturais. A partir tirar-de-circuito primordial (termo este que alude a manifestação da redução) desenvolver-se-á outros ensaios de tirar-de-circuito, ampliando assim a redução fenomenológica a outras esferas transcendentes do ser. Com essas ponderações esperamos ter nos livrado finalmente daquela constante tentação de estabelecer uma metabasis errônea própria do pensamento que se fecha numa atitude teórica natural.

Sammenfatning Baggrund: Silversplints som behandling af hypermobilitet i fingrene hos personer med Ehlers-Danlos syndrom (EDS), er blevet mere udbredt i Danmark igennem de sidste 10 år, men der findes endnu ingen publicerede artikler om denne ortosebehandling og målgruppe. EDS er en gruppe sjældne heterogene bindevævssygdomme der kendetegnes ved generel hypermobilitet og smerte. Silversplints er håndlavede finger- og håndledsskinner af sølv, der er opbygget som et 3-punkts kraftsystem, der kan støtte og korrigere hypermobile led, modvirke fejlstillinger, samt begrænse bevægeligheden af fingrene. Formål: Bacheloropgaven har til formål at undersøge hvordan personer med EDS oplever at have silversplints på og hvilke vanskeligheder de oplever at have i hverdagen ud fra ICF. Metode: Bacheloropgaven anvender semi-structured interviews for at undersøge hvordan 3 deltagere med EDS oplever silversplints som behandling af hypermobilitet i fingrene. Den teoretiske referenceramme er Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, som er en induktiv tilgang og iterativ proces. Resultat: Ud fra analysen opstod følgende 4 temaer: jeg er ikke min sygdom, energiforbrug, smertens mange ansigter, et farverigt liv. Gennem disse temaer gives et indblik i den positive effekt silversplints kan have for nogle personer med EDS. Anvendelsen af ICF viste at især funktionsevnen blev påvirket. Dette indebærer at kroppens funktioner og anatomi opleves vanskeligt, hvilket fører til begrænsninger i deltagernes mulighed for aktivitet og deltagelse. Konklusion: De identificerede temaer demonstrerer silversplints effekt på deltagernes mentale og fysiske helbred, samt giver et detaljeret billede af deltagernes oplevede problemer og funktionsevne, med og uden silversplints. Bacheloropgaven identificerer hvilke dele, kategorier og domæner indenfor ICF, personer med EDS oplever som problematiske, hvilket kan anvendes til at skabe et core set i videre forskning. / Abstract Background: Silversplints as orthotic management of finger hypermobility for people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) has become more widespread in Denmark during the last 10 years, but no articles has yet been published about this orthotic management and population. EDS is a group of rare heterogeneous connective tissue disorders which is characterized by general hypermobility and pain. Silversplints are handmade finger and wrist splints made of silver, which are structured as 3-point force systems, which supports, corrects hypermobile joints, and corrects deformities as well as limits the movement of the fingers. Purpose: The aim of the thesis is to explore how people with EDS experience the use of silversplints and which difficulties they experience in their daily life based on ICF. Methods: The thesis uses semi-structured interviews to explore how 3 participants with EDS experience silversplints as orthotic management of hypermobility in the fingers. The theoretical framework is Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, which is an inductive approach and iterative process. Results: From the analysis 4 themes emerged: I am not my disorder, energy consumption, the many faces of pain, a colorful life.  Through these themes an insight is gained into the positive effects silversplints may display for some people with EDS. The use of ICF showed that especially functioning and disability was affected. This involves that the body functions and structures are experienced as difficult, which leads to limitations in the participants possibility of activities and participation. Conclusion: The identified themes demonstrates silversplints’ effect on the participants mental and physical health, as well as provides a detailed picture of the participants’ experienced problems and functional capability, with and without silversplints. The thesis identifies which parts, categories, and domains within ICF, people with EDS experience as problematic, which can be used to generate a core set for further research.

Children diagnosed and treated for cancer experience a profound life-transformation as they are confronted with unprecedented physical, psychosocial and emotional challenges. Children’s experience of diagnosis and treatment is often accompanied by a lack of participation and reduced control. Extensive research has been conducted on a variety of supportive interventions. Only a limited amount of research, however, has investigated the potential of animal-assisted activities (AAAs) to afford specialised support for the child hospitalised with cancer. Moreover, of this limited research, few studies explore AAAs in relation to participation and control. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe how participation and control are experienced during animal-assisted activities by children hospitalised with cancer. Paediatric oncology patients between the ages of 8 and 14 with any type of cancer were offered the opportunity to participate in the study, which comprised of animal-assisted activities at the facility where patients received their medical care. Five children were included in the final sample. Data were gathered by means of non-participant observations, participant interviews, graphic questionnaires and field notes. Data were then analysed in accordance with steps proposed by Tesch (1990: 142-145), which involved coding according to categories and related themes. Five major themes emerged, including (1) approach to animals, (2) body awareness, (3) level of engagement, (4) level of dependence and (5) communication. Nine sub-themes were derived from data analysis. Under “approach to animals”, the sub-themes were (i) taking the lead, (ii) grooming and affection and (iii) laughter and spontaneity. The sub-themes of “body awareness” were (iv) protection of body and (v) comfort. The sub-themes of “level of engagement” were (vi) initiative and (vii) choice. Finally, the sub-themes of “communication” were (viii) verbal communication and (ix) non-verbal communication. The study provides insight into the participation and control experienced during animal-assisted activities by children hospitalised with cancer. When the initial and final AAA sessions were compared, changes were noted in terms of the children’s approaches to the dog, their body awareness, their level of engagement, their level of dependence and their communication. These changes are associated with an enhanced sense of participation and control, aspects that are often reported to be diminished in children who are diagnosed, treated and hospitalised with cancer. AAAs should therefore be considered an effective means of supporting children hospitalised with cancer. / MA (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Children diagnosed and treated for cancer experience a profound life-transformation as they are confronted with unprecedented physical, psychosocial and emotional challenges. Children’s experience of diagnosis and treatment is often accompanied by a lack of participation and reduced control. Extensive research has been conducted on a variety of supportive interventions. Only a limited amount of research, however, has investigated the potential of animal-assisted activities (AAAs) to afford specialised support for the child hospitalised with cancer. Moreover, of this limited research, few studies explore AAAs in relation to participation and control. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe how participation and control are experienced during animal-assisted activities by children hospitalised with cancer. Paediatric oncology patients between the ages of 8 and 14 with any type of cancer were offered the opportunity to participate in the study, which comprised of animal-assisted activities at the facility where patients received their medical care. Five children were included in the final sample. Data were gathered by means of non-participant observations, participant interviews, graphic questionnaires and field notes. Data were then analysed in accordance with steps proposed by Tesch (1990: 142-145), which involved coding according to categories and related themes. Five major themes emerged, including (1) approach to animals, (2) body awareness, (3) level of engagement, (4) level of dependence and (5) communication. Nine sub-themes were derived from data analysis. Under “approach to animals”, the sub-themes were (i) taking the lead, (ii) grooming and affection and (iii) laughter and spontaneity. The sub-themes of “body awareness” were (iv) protection of body and (v) comfort. The sub-themes of “level of engagement” were (vi) initiative and (vii) choice. Finally, the sub-themes of “communication” were (viii) verbal communication and (ix) non-verbal communication. The study provides insight into the participation and control experienced during animal-assisted activities by children hospitalised with cancer. When the initial and final AAA sessions were compared, changes were noted in terms of the children’s approaches to the dog, their body awareness, their level of engagement, their level of dependence and their communication. These changes are associated with an enhanced sense of participation and control, aspects that are often reported to be diminished in children who are diagnosed, treated and hospitalised with cancer. AAAs should therefore be considered an effective means of supporting children hospitalised with cancer. / MA (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015