ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2021
Aesthetics sets patients 'free' to recover during hospitalization with a neurological disease. A qualitative study.
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- Editorial for the Special Issue "Hot Topics and Innovations in Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery/Aesthetic Medicine".Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Aesthetic Rehabilitation Medicine: Enhancing Wellbeing beyond Functional Recovery.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with neurological symptoms are particularly sensitive to the quality of the sensory impressions to which they are exposed to during hospitalization.
aimTo understand the meaning of aesthetic experiences to patients afflicted with neurological diseases during hospitalization on a neurological unit.
methodFifteen patients were invited to "walk and talk" supplemented by semi-structured interviews conducted in newly established aesthetic tableaus within the neurology unit. Data analysis was inspired by the hermeneutic phenomenological methodology of van Manen.
resultThe data analysis identified three overarching themes that unfolded in the patients' experiences of a more aesthetic environment. The themes were:
conclusionAesthetic elements can enable a thoughtful and needed consideration that withholds momentarily imaginative and hopeful experiences to patients in a vulnerable situation. Thus, aesthetics, together with peace and quietness, can set vulnerable patients free to retreat and recover from the symptoms of neurological diseases.
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