Sobre-viver após o acidente vascular cerebral na abordagem fenomenológico-existencial de Viktor Frankl

Abstract

This study aimed to uncover the meanings attributed to the experiences of people who survived a stroke and live with its sequelae. This qualitative research adopts a comprehensive approach structured based on Viktor Frankl's existential phenomenology. It was conducted with 10 individuals who had a stroke and were treated at a large hospital in Maceió. Approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Federal University of Alagoas, CAAE 68868223.4.0000.5013, in accordance with the ethical principles of Resolutions No. 466/12 and No. 510/16 of the National Health Council. The interviews were conducted from August 2023 to March 2024. Phenomenological interviews were carried out. The testimonies obtained from the interviews were transcribed and analyzed according to the empirical-comprehensive model based on the assumptions of Viktor Frankl's existential phenomenology, revealing three ontological categories: inner freedom to face the stroke; will to meaning in surviving with a stroke; the meaning of life in surviving a stroke. It was concluded that throughout the experiences of people immersed in the world of stroke, meanings and understandings of their limitations in the face of sequelae were presented, while they glimpsed a sense of life with rehabilitation and the return to daily activities.