Life after a motorcycle accident
International Journal of Development Research
Life after a motorcycle accident
Received 19th November, 2019; Received in revised form 28th December, 2019; Accepted 06th January, 2020; Published online 27th February, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Rosana Alves de Melo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The purpose of this study is to understand the significance of the motorcycle accident and its consequences on the victim's perception. This is a qualitative study developed at the University Hospital of the Federal University of the São Francisco Valley, which is located in the municipality of Petrolina, Pernambuco. The study sample consisted of seven participants who were victims of a motorcycle accident, from January 2016 to January 2017. Data was collected through a semi-structured interview, where the instrument contained questions regarding participants' socio-demographic data and guiding questions pertinent to the meanings of motorcycle accidents. After analyzing the interviews, the following categories were extracted: context of the occurrence of the accident; feelings related to the accident; changes in personal / professional life after the accident and perception of the health system. Conducting the interviews and analyzing their results allowed us to understand the main circumstances that caused the accidents and feelings involved after their occurrence, noting the changes caused in the personal and / or professional lives of the victims.
