Responses to a cancer diagnosis: a qualitative patient-centred interview study.
Purpose: A cancer diagnosis is an emotive and challenging time for patients. This study aimed to systematically explore patients' accounts of experiencing their cancer diagnosis. The purpose of this article is to offer a typology of patient responses to receiving a cancer diagnosis as a means throug...
| Publicado en: | Supportive Care in Cancer Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 229 - 239 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
Jan2020
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=139902862&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 139902862 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09414355 O1J jtl: Supportive Care in Cancer issn: 09414355 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2020 vid: 28 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 139902862 139902862 144008420 NLM31020437 139902862 10.1007/s00520-019-04796-z NLM31020437 139902862 ppf: 229 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Responses to a cancer diagnosis: a qualitative patient-centred interview study. aug: au: Kirby, Emma R. Kenny, Katherine E. Broom, Alexander F. Oliffe, John L. Lewis, Sophie Wyld, David K. Yates, Patsy M. Parker, Rhiannon B. Lwin, Zarnie affil: Practical Justice Initiative, Centre for Social Research in Health, Level 3 John Goodsell Building, UNSW Sydney, 2052, Kensington, Australia sug: subj: Neoplasms Psychosocial Factors Emotions Neoplasms Diagnosis Neoplasms Epidemiology Adult Physician-Patient Relations Interviews Methods Health Status Aged Male Aged, 80 and Over Australia Qualitative Studies Female Oncology Communication Attitude to Health Middle Age Funding Source Human Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Purpose: A cancer diagnosis is an emotive and challenging time for patients. This study aimed to systematically explore patients' accounts of experiencing their cancer diagnosis. The purpose of this article is to offer a typology of patient responses to receiving a cancer diagnosis as a means through which to affirm the range of patients' experiences and to guide clinicians' practice.Methods: Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted between 2015 and 2017 with 80 patients living with cancer: 34 females and 46 males, aged between 31 and 85, diagnosed with a range of cancer types, stages and treatment trajectories, from two metropolitan hospitals on the east coast of Australia. Interview data were analysed thematically, using the framework approach.Results: A typology of responses to the cancer diagnosis was derived from the analysis and included (1) the incongruent diagnosis, unexpected because it did not 'fit' with the patient's 'healthy' identity; (2) the incidental diagnosis, arising from seemingly unrelated or minor medical investigations; (3) the validating diagnosis, as explanation and confirmation of previously unexplained symptoms, pain or feelings; (4) the life context diagnosis, where the cancer diagnosis was positioned relative to other challenging life events, or as relatively inconsequential compared with the hardship of others.Conclusions: A diagnosis of cancer is not always (or only) experienced by patients with shock and despair. Diagnosis is perceived and experienced in diverse ways, shaped by broader social or life contexts, and with important implications for the clinical encounter and communication from an oncology perspective. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|