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A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population
Background: Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome. Due to the high risk of occurrence of multiple cancers, families with LFS may have an overwhelming psychosocial burden. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care center using fa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10327410/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37424880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20363613231186300 |
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author | Joshi, Poonam Bhandari, Sunidhi TK, Ajesh Kaur, Simran Bhargava, Rachna Tansir, Ghazal Rastogi, Sameer |
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description | Background: Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome. Due to the high risk of occurrence of multiple cancers, families with LFS may have an overwhelming psychosocial burden. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care center using face-to-face interviews through a grounded theory approach. Statistical analysis was done using Smith’s Interpretative Phenomenological Approach. Themes and sub-themes were extracted, and a thematic schema was developed. Results: A total of five themes were identified. The extracted themes were psychological experiences, behavioural responses, stressors, coping strategies and perceived needs. The interlay of the themes deepened the impact of LFS on the affected ones and brought into light the turmoil of emotions and difficulties that these individuals were going through in the face of the disease. Conclusions: LFS-affected individuals had a range of experiences with this rare and little-known disease. The lack of information seems to be a precursor to the denial of diagnosis. Their experience with the illness sheds light on the grey areas like guilt and helplessness that demand immediate attention. Future policies need to be developed in accordance with the identified perceived needs to potentially guide the treatment and rising needs of LFS-affected individuals. |
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spelling | pubmed-103274102023-07-08 A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population Joshi, Poonam Bhandari, Sunidhi TK, Ajesh Kaur, Simran Bhargava, Rachna Tansir, Ghazal Rastogi, Sameer Rare Tumors Original Article Background: Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome. Due to the high risk of occurrence of multiple cancers, families with LFS may have an overwhelming psychosocial burden. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care center using face-to-face interviews through a grounded theory approach. Statistical analysis was done using Smith’s Interpretative Phenomenological Approach. Themes and sub-themes were extracted, and a thematic schema was developed. Results: A total of five themes were identified. The extracted themes were psychological experiences, behavioural responses, stressors, coping strategies and perceived needs. The interlay of the themes deepened the impact of LFS on the affected ones and brought into light the turmoil of emotions and difficulties that these individuals were going through in the face of the disease. Conclusions: LFS-affected individuals had a range of experiences with this rare and little-known disease. The lack of information seems to be a precursor to the denial of diagnosis. Their experience with the illness sheds light on the grey areas like guilt and helplessness that demand immediate attention. Future policies need to be developed in accordance with the identified perceived needs to potentially guide the treatment and rising needs of LFS-affected individuals. SAGE Publications 2023-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10327410/ /pubmed/37424880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20363613231186300 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Joshi, Poonam Bhandari, Sunidhi TK, Ajesh Kaur, Simran Bhargava, Rachna Tansir, Ghazal Rastogi, Sameer A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population |
title | A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population |
title_full | A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population |
title_fullStr | A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population |
title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population |
title_short | A qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome in the Indian population |
title_sort | qualitative study to assess the psychological experiences and coping strategies of families affected with li-fraumeni syndrome in the indian population |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10327410/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37424880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20363613231186300 |
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