Reflecting a crisis reaction : Narratives from patients with oesophageal cancer about the first 6 months after diagnosis and surgery
Hellstadius, Ylva ; Malmström, Marlene LU
; Lagergren, Pernilla
; Sundbom, Magnus
and Wikman, Anna
(2019)
In Nursing Open
6(4).
p.1471-1480
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to describe patients' experiences of emotional adaption following treatment for oesophageal cancer from diagnosis to 6 months after surgery. Design: A qualitative interview study using an inductive approach was carried out. Methods: Participants were recruited from two university hospitals in Sweden. Ten patients who had been operated for oesophageal cancer with curative intent 6 months earlier and consented to participate in the study were included. Patients who had a disease recurrence were not eligible for inclusion. Participants were interviewed with a semi-structured interview approach. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: One overarching theme was identified; Experiencing a... (More)
Aim: The aim of the study was to describe patients' experiences of emotional adaption following treatment for oesophageal cancer from diagnosis to 6 months after surgery. Design: A qualitative interview study using an inductive approach was carried out. Methods: Participants were recruited from two university hospitals in Sweden. Ten patients who had been operated for oesophageal cancer with curative intent 6 months earlier and consented to participate in the study were included. Patients who had a disease recurrence were not eligible for inclusion. Participants were interviewed with a semi-structured interview approach. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: One overarching theme was identified; Experiencing a crisis reaction, which comprised three key categories; (a) From emotionally numb to feeling quite alright; (b) From a focus on cure to reflections about a whole new life; and (c) From a severe treatment to suffering an emaciated, non-compliant body, derived from 14 distinct sub-categories. Conclusion: This study highlights the process of emotional adaptation following oesophageal cancer surgery that patients describe when reflecting back on the first 6 months postoperatively pointing to a crisis reaction in this early postoperative period.
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- author
- Hellstadius, Ylva
; Malmström, Marlene
LU
; Lagergren, Pernilla
; Sundbom, Magnus
and Wikman, Anna
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- adaptation, interviews, nurses, nursing, oesophageal cancer, qualitative
- in
- Nursing Open
- volume
- 6
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 1471 - 1480
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85070089519
- pmid:31660175
- ISSN
- 2054-1058
- DOI
- 10.1002/nop2.348
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 19b9ee8a-7a57-4c61-965a-c6db43efac4e
- date added to LUP
- 2019-08-26 14:17:15
- date last changed
- 2024-04-16 18:46:51
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