Abstract:
BACKGROUND:In Taiwan, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Most breast cancer patients are willing to receive chemotherapy and experience adverse effects and suffering during the process of chemotherapy. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore patients' psychological process when receiving initial chemotherapy for breast cancer. METHODS:A qualitative grounded theory approach was used. Data were collected through semistructured interviews of 20 patients who were from 1 district teaching hospital during 2012 to 2013. RESULTS:A substantive theory was generated to describe the psychological process experienced by breast cancer patients in their initial treatment. The core category was "rising from the ashes." Four categories emerged and represented 4 stages of the psychological process experienced by breast cancer patients. They were (1) fear stage: patients are frightened about permanent separation from family, chemotherapy, and the disease getting worse; (2) hardship stage: patients experience physical suffering and mental torment; (3) adjustment stage: patients fight against the disease, find methods for adjustment, and get assistance from supporting systems; (4) relaxation stage: patients were released from both the physical and mental sufferings, and patients accepted the disease-related change in their lives. CONCLUSION:Each stage is closely related to the other stages, and each is likely to occur repeatedly. It is important to help patients achieve the relaxation stage. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE:The results of this study may enhance nurses' understanding of the psychological process of patients receiving initial chemotherapy for breast cancer, thereby helping nurses to provide appropriate assistance to improve the quality of patient care.
journal_name
Cancer Nursjournal_title
Cancer nursingauthors
Chen YC,Huang HM,Kao CC,Sun CK,Chiang CY,Sun FKdoi
10.1097/NCC.0000000000000331subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-11-01 00:00:00pages
E36-E44issue
6eissn
0162-220Xissn
1538-9804journal_volume
39pub_type
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