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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Lived Experiences of Physiotherapists in Caring for People with Advanced Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Portugal: A Phenomenological Study.

Andreia Monteiro, Amira Mohammed Ali, Carlos Laranjeira

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Andreia MonteiroSchool of Health Sciences, Polytechnic University of Leiria, Campus 2, Morro do Lena, Alto do Vieiro, Apartado 4137, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.
Amira Mohammed AliDepartment of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Smouha, Alexandria 21527, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6448-8282
Carlos LaranjeiraSchool of Health Sciences, Polytechnic University of Leiria, Campus 2, Morro do Lena, Alto do Vieiro, Apartado 4137, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1080-9535

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (UIDB/05704/2020 and UIDP/05704/2020)-and under the Scientific Employment Stimu-lus-Institutional Call (https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECINST/00051/2018/CP1566/CT0012, accessed on 1 March 2025).
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Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that has a multidimensional impact on a person's life, with symptoms associated with a significant loss of autonomy. Specialized palliative care (PC) should be provided early and throughout the course of the disease. Indeed, physiotherapists should be understood as integral members of the multidisciplinary team in PC, in the care and improvement of the quality of life of these people. This study aimed to describe the lived experience of physiotherapists in the context of intervention in people with advanced ALS and their families. Descriptive phenomenology was employed as a framework for conducting semi-structured interviews to reveal experiences. Sixteen physiotherapists who performed interventions on at least one person with advanced ALS in the last 2 years were included in the study. The study involved conducting semi-structured individual interviews, through the Zoom

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosisneurodegenerative diseasepalliative carephysiotherapyqualitative studyrehabilitation

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PMID40282131
PMCPMC12024422

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