“Is my eyesight gone?” Patient perspectives of orbital blow-out fractures | ||
| Journal of Oral and Dental Research | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 1, December 2016, Pages 8-19 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Faaiz Alhamdani; Ian Corbett; Justin Durham | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Purpose To understand patient’s experience with blow-out fracture of the orbit and its possible influence on management Design A purposive, non-probabilistic, sample of 21 patients treated in a secondary care hospital were interviewed. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim and data analysis continued until saturation. A framework approach was used to help organise the data and the principles of the constant comparison method were adopted to analyse the data. Findings Patients with blow-out fractures of the orbit perceived the diplopia associated with the injury as an eye injury with the potential for loss of vision. They found it difficult to relate such concerns with the clinical information described by surgeons and this, and the injury itself, negatively impacted on their everyday lives. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Blow out fracture; Orbital trauma; Patient; Qualitative research; Generic qualitative approach | ||
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