Decision Making about Risk of Infection by Young Adults with CF

Joint Authors

Peckham, Daniel
Denton, Miles
Latchford, Gary
Lee, Tim
Duff, Alistair J. A.
Reynolds, Lisa

Source

Pulmonary Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2013-01-10

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Diseases
Medicine

Abstract EN

Young people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are asked to avoid a number of environments associated with increased infection risk, but in practice they need to balance this with competing priorities such as building and sustaining relationships with friends and family.

This study explored the process by which young people make these decisions.

Mixed methods were used: a vignette study presenting choices around engaging in activities involving a degree of infection risk and a thematic analysis of participant's accounts of their decision making.

The eight participants chose to engage in high risk behaviours in 59% of the choices.

All participants chose to engage in at least one risky behavior, though this was less likely when the risk was significant.

Thematic analysis revealed large areas of misunderstanding and lack of knowledge, leading to some potentially worrying misconceptions about the nature of infections and risk.

Young people with CF are not currently making informed decisions around activities that involve increased risk of infection, and there is an urgent need for CF teams to address this in information provision.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Reynolds, Lisa& Latchford, Gary& Duff, Alistair J. A.& Denton, Miles& Lee, Tim& Peckham, Daniel. 2013. Decision Making about Risk of Infection by Young Adults with CF. Pulmonary Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488924

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Reynolds, Lisa…[et al.]. Decision Making about Risk of Infection by Young Adults with CF. Pulmonary Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488924

American Medical Association (AMA)

Reynolds, Lisa& Latchford, Gary& Duff, Alistair J. A.& Denton, Miles& Lee, Tim& Peckham, Daniel. Decision Making about Risk of Infection by Young Adults with CF. Pulmonary Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488924

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-488924