Sentence examples for experiences of sick from inspiring English sources

The 2008 Commonwealth Fund population-based survey collected data on care experiences of sick patients residing in eight high income countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New-Zealand, United Kingdom, United States) [ 4].

The participants were all ill, and it was not easy to distinguish the experience of sick leave from that of illness.

A semi-structured interview guide with open questions was used (Table 1 and Additional File 1), designed to focus on the GP's own experience of sick-listing and to give descriptions of concrete situations.

The aim of this qualitative study was to describe, analyze and understand long-term sickness-absent people's experiences of being sick-listed.

The positive experiences of being sick-listed were few in the present study.

The interviews revealed that the participants' experiences of being sick-listed was that they lost their independence in the process of stepping out of working society, attending the mandatory steps in the rehabilitation chain and having numerous encounters with professionals.

Among physicians working in orthopaedics or psychiatry, the ORs were higher (1.65 and 1.46, respectively) compared with in internal medicine, for experiencing handling of sick-leave spells of short duration (<14 days) as very or fairly problematic.

Do Something for Someone Else The experience of being sick for an extended time means that you become the center of attention.

Various psychological theories have been proposed including unconscious motivation (childhood deprivation or trauma) creating a positive experience of the sick role: emotional upset was kissed better, emotional wounds were bandaged.

We asked them whether being surrounded by hundreds or excitable people was either adding or detracting to their overall experience of being sick at St Mary's hospital.

The qualitative study design was informed by and adhered to principles of applied qualitative research [ 9, 24] that focuses on a specific illness (diarrhea), addresses programmatic concerns related to diarrhea (identifying local causes, terminology), and draws from experiences of actual cases of sick children.