CALIDAD DE VIDA DESPUÉS DEL PARO CARDIORRESPIRATORIO: EXPERIENCIAS DE SOBREVIVIENTES EN SEGUIMIENTO AMBULATORIO
Authors/Creators
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Villafañe Blandon, Diego Armando
(Research group)1
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Chamorro Molina, Jesus Mauricio
(Research group)2
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Oviedo Vélez, Nathalia
(Research group)3
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MARTINEZ DIAZ, JORGE IGNACIO
(Research group)4
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Fernandez Delgado, Diana Camila
(Research group)5
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Delgado Nacaza, Gloria Aurora
(Research group)6
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Flórez Benavides, Karen Sofía
(Research group)7
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Díaz Narváez, David Esteban
(Research group)8
- 1. Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Cauca. Programa de Medicina. Popayán, Colombia.
- 2. San Martín Pasto. Pasto, Colombia.
- 3. Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santiago de Cali. Programa de Medicina. Colombia.
- 4. Medicina Crítica y Cuidado Intensivo, Fundación Hospital San Pedro. Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. San Juan de Pasto, Colombia.
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University of Nariño
- 6. Universidad de Nariño. Unidad de Accidente Cerebrovascular, Fundación Hospital San Pedro. Pasto, Colombia.
- 7. Universidad de Nariño. Fundación Hospital San Pedro. Pasto, Colombia.
- 8. Fundación Hospital San Pedro. Unidad Cardioquirúrgica. Pasto, Colombia.
Description
Tipo de artículo: Artículo original
Este estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender las experiencias relacionadas con la vida posterior al paro cardiorrespiratorio en sobrevivientes con seguimiento ambulatorio en un programa de enfermedades crónicas de una IPS de Palmira, Colombia.
Se realizó una investigación cualitativa fenomenológica interpretativa basada en entrevistas semi-estructuradas en profundidad realizadas a 12 participantes identificados mediante revisión retrospectiva de historias clínicas institucionales correspondientes al periodo 2000–2025. Las narrativas fueron organizadas en categorías relacionadas con experiencia corporal posterior al paro cardiorrespiratorio, miedo persistente, transformación de la vida cotidiana, pérdida de autonomía, relaciones familiares, silencios institucionales y resignificación de la supervivencia. Los participantes describieron cansancio persistente, inseguridad corporal, temor a la recurrencia, cambios en su cotidianidad y necesidad constante de adaptación después de una experiencia cercana a la muerte. Los relatos evidenciaron que la vida posterior al paro cardiorrespiratorio se construye desde procesos continuos de vulnerabilidad, reorganización existencial y transformación del cuerpo vivido. Asimismo, emergió una percepción recurrente de invisibilización de las experiencias emocionales y relacionales dentro del seguimiento ambulatorio convencional.
El estudio concluye que sobrevivir a un paro cardiorrespiratorio implica mucho más que continuar con vida. Escuchar las narrativas de los sobrevivientes permitió comprender que la recuperación constituye un proceso permanente de reinterpretación corporal, emocional y cotidiana posterior a una experiencia de ruptura vital.
Abstract (English)
Article type: Original Research Article
This study aimed to understand experiences related to life after cardiac arrest among survivors followed in an outpatient chronic care program in Palmira, Colombia.
A qualitative interpretive phenomenological study was conducted using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 12 participants identified through retrospective review of institutional medical records corresponding to the period 2000–2025. Narratives were organized into categories related to bodily experience after cardiac arrest, persistent fear, transformation of daily life, loss of autonomy, family relationships, institutional silence, and resignification of survival. Participants described persistent fatigue, bodily insecurity, fear of recurrence, changes in everyday life, and the need for continuous adaptation after a near-death experience. The narratives revealed that life after cardiac arrest is shaped by ongoing processes of vulnerability, existential reorganization, and transformation of the lived body. Participants also perceived emotional and relational experiences as largely invisible during routine outpatient follow-up.
The study concludes that surviving cardiac arrest involves much more than remaining alive. Listening to survivors’ narratives allowed understanding recovery as a continuous process of bodily, emotional, and everyday reinterpretation after a life-disrupting experience.
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Translated title (English)
- QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER CARDIAC ARREST: EXPERIENCES OF SURVIVORS IN OUTPATIENT FOLLOW-UP
Dates
- Collected
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2026-06-15manuscrito recibido
- Accepted
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2026-08-14evaluación doble ciego
- Available
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2026-10-29publicación en numero de la revista
Software
- Repository URL
- https://revistacientificasanum.com/
- Development Status
- Active
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