Do you provide support to someone who has lost a limb?

[Sophie Mitchell]

Would you be willing to talk about your experiences privately as part of a research project?

I am looking for individuals who provide support to a partner, close friend or family member, who has lost a major limb (i.e. arm or leg) as a result of an illness, trauma or accident to talk about your experiences of coping with this. Interviews will take place on the phone or Skype and will take approximately 30-60 minutes. You will receive a £10 shopping voucher to thank you for your time and effort.

If you are an individual who has suffered loss of a major limb and you know someone who would be suitable to take part, then please pass this advert along to them.

If you are interested in taking part and would like to find out more information, please contact Sophie Mitchell (Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Essex) at smitcha@essex.ac.uk

 

[robert@fm]

I know we have at least one member who is an amputee. However, for privacy reasons I won't give their username; they can contact you if they want to take part — assuming your project is verified as having been passed by your Ethics Committee, and any other tests the mods require for threads of this type to be approved.

 

[Northerner]

This has been approved, please help Sophie if you can 🙂

 

[Sophie Mitchell]

Many thanks for this!

Yes the study has received ethical approval from the University of Essex. Should anyone have any further questions or is interested in taking part, please do drop me an email.

Best wishes
Sophie