ArticleNeurodegenerative disease management2026
You look at life through a different lens: a phenomenological study of living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Abstract
aimsAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron disease that progresses without periods of remission; few live more than five years beyond diagnosis. In this study we investigated the lived experiences of people diagnosed with ALS in the United States, in South Central Appalachia. PATIENTS &
methodsWe selected the philosophical and methodological approach of existential phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty to identify what was most important or figural to participants, within the contexts of Body, Other People, World, and Time.
resultsThrough phenomenological interviews with 10 people living with ALS, six themes and 17 subthemes were identified covering the process of diagnosis, loss and devastation, support from others, assistive devices, a new purpose, and a change in perspective.
conclusionsThese themes offer insight into life with an ALS diagnosis so that this unique patient population may be better understood from a physical, medical, emotional, and spiritual standpoint.
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