Using online blogs to explore positive outcomes after burn injuries

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Garbett, Kirsty, Harcourt, Diana and Buchanan, Heather (2017) Using online blogs to explore positive outcomes after burn injuries. Journal of Health Psychology, 22 (13). pp. 1755-1766. ISSN 1359-1053

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Official URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359105316638549

Abstract

This study uses blog analysis, a new and novel technique, to explore the positive outcomes experienced by burn survivors. This study examined 10 burn survivor blogs to offer a unique, longitudinal insight into burn survivor recovery. Using thematic analysis, three themes emerged: shift in self-perception, enhanced relationships and a change in life outlook. Many of these themes contained stories and experiences unique to a traumatic burn injury, suggesting that standardised trauma scales are not effectively measuring the impact of a burn in this population. Reflections on blog analysis are discussed, along with a recommendation that health researchers utilise the vast amount of data available from online blogs.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/891885
Keywords:	appearance, Internet, blog, methodology, post-traumatic growth, qualitative methods, trauma
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105316638549
Depositing User:	Dziunka, Patricia
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2018 10:49
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 19:15
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/49755

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