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Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors
OBJECTIVES: Due to the increasing survivorship of breast cancer, survivor’s view of their families through the process of diagnosis and treatment is essential. The Theory of Health-related Family Quality of Life (HRFQoL) guided this exploration of the ways in which breast cancer impacts family life....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6545688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4354-5 |
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author | Elise Radina, M. Deer, Briana L. Herriman, Rachael A. Jagpal, Anjana Dodd, Mallory M. Kawamura, Kaylie L. Clark, Lindsay C. |
author_facet | Elise Radina, M. Deer, Briana L. Herriman, Rachael A. Jagpal, Anjana Dodd, Mallory M. Kawamura, Kaylie L. Clark, Lindsay C. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Due to the increasing survivorship of breast cancer, survivor’s view of their families through the process of diagnosis and treatment is essential. The Theory of Health-related Family Quality of Life (HRFQoL) guided this exploration of the ways in which breast cancer impacts family life. In this study, HRFQoL was used to explore breast cancer survivors’ perceptions of the theory’s sub-concepts of psychological and/or affectional closeness, family communication, and social support. The guiding research question was: In what ways do breast cancer survivors describe their experiences regarding changes in emotional closeness among family members following their breast cancer diagnosis? Participants (N = 22) were interviewed to discuss their experiences with breast cancer, family quality of life, decision-making, basic health information, and personal coping. Data were analyzed using NVivo 9 to conduct thematic analysis and consensual qualitative data analysis. RESULTS: Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer improved the majority of participants’ HRFQoL. Participants who reported positive perceptions prior to diagnosis also reported positive perceptions after diagnosis. These findings elucidate the HRFQoL theory and contribute to understanding how breast cancer impacts family life. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-019-4354-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-65456882019-06-06 Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors Elise Radina, M. Deer, Briana L. Herriman, Rachael A. Jagpal, Anjana Dodd, Mallory M. Kawamura, Kaylie L. Clark, Lindsay C. BMC Res Notes Research Note OBJECTIVES: Due to the increasing survivorship of breast cancer, survivor’s view of their families through the process of diagnosis and treatment is essential. The Theory of Health-related Family Quality of Life (HRFQoL) guided this exploration of the ways in which breast cancer impacts family life. In this study, HRFQoL was used to explore breast cancer survivors’ perceptions of the theory’s sub-concepts of psychological and/or affectional closeness, family communication, and social support. The guiding research question was: In what ways do breast cancer survivors describe their experiences regarding changes in emotional closeness among family members following their breast cancer diagnosis? Participants (N = 22) were interviewed to discuss their experiences with breast cancer, family quality of life, decision-making, basic health information, and personal coping. Data were analyzed using NVivo 9 to conduct thematic analysis and consensual qualitative data analysis. RESULTS: Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer improved the majority of participants’ HRFQoL. Participants who reported positive perceptions prior to diagnosis also reported positive perceptions after diagnosis. These findings elucidate the HRFQoL theory and contribute to understanding how breast cancer impacts family life. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-019-4354-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6545688/ /pubmed/31159844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4354-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Note Elise Radina, M. Deer, Briana L. Herriman, Rachael A. Jagpal, Anjana Dodd, Mallory M. Kawamura, Kaylie L. Clark, Lindsay C. Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors |
title | Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors |
title_full | Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors |
title_fullStr | Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors |
title_full_unstemmed | Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors |
title_short | Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors |
title_sort | elucidating emotional closeness within the theory of health-related family quality of life: evidence from breast cancer survivors |
topic | Research Note |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6545688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4354-5 |
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