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Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors
BACKGROUND: Family interaction is an important factor contributing to the quality of survivorship among breast cancer survivors. The dearth of studies involving young females with breast cancer has limited the understanding of family interaction in this increasingly large population. METHODS: The ai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8218435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34154539 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01476-y |
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author | Xu, Jiehui Wang, Xiyi Chen, Mengjie Shi, Yiwen Hu, Yun |
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description | BACKGROUND: Family interaction is an important factor contributing to the quality of survivorship among breast cancer survivors. The dearth of studies involving young females with breast cancer has limited the understanding of family interaction in this increasingly large population. METHODS: The aim of this study was to explore family interaction patterns among young Chinese breast cancer survivors. We conducted in-depth interviews with seventeen young breast cancer survivors (YBCSs) in China between May 2019 and December 2019. A content analysis was performed to identify the characteristics of family interaction in this population. Conceptualizations of feminism and social support were used to guide the data analysis. RESULTS: Family interaction patterns were categorized into 5 domains from the perceptions of Chinese YBCSs: (1) adjustment of parenthood (changes in child-rearing approaches, perception of children’s care) (2) ambivalence towards intimacy (desire for intimate relationships, perceived relationship insecurity); (3) concerns regarding fertility; (4) return to work (coping with gratitude and guilt by working, readapting to family and society by working); (5) activation of the support system in a large family (instrumental support from core family members, instrumental, informational, and appraisal support from relatives). CONCLUSIONS: The study provides a deeper understanding of the interactions between young breast cancer survivors and their family members in China. These findings can support health professionals in developing female-sensitive, culturally specific interventions to assist Chinese YBCSs and their families in increasing positive interactions and family resilience as well as quality of life. In addition, the findings are highly applicable to other female cancer survivors and their vulnerable families exposed to similar social and cultural contexts. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12875-021-01476-y. |
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spelling | pubmed-82184352021-06-23 Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors Xu, Jiehui Wang, Xiyi Chen, Mengjie Shi, Yiwen Hu, Yun BMC Fam Pract Research BACKGROUND: Family interaction is an important factor contributing to the quality of survivorship among breast cancer survivors. The dearth of studies involving young females with breast cancer has limited the understanding of family interaction in this increasingly large population. METHODS: The aim of this study was to explore family interaction patterns among young Chinese breast cancer survivors. We conducted in-depth interviews with seventeen young breast cancer survivors (YBCSs) in China between May 2019 and December 2019. A content analysis was performed to identify the characteristics of family interaction in this population. Conceptualizations of feminism and social support were used to guide the data analysis. RESULTS: Family interaction patterns were categorized into 5 domains from the perceptions of Chinese YBCSs: (1) adjustment of parenthood (changes in child-rearing approaches, perception of children’s care) (2) ambivalence towards intimacy (desire for intimate relationships, perceived relationship insecurity); (3) concerns regarding fertility; (4) return to work (coping with gratitude and guilt by working, readapting to family and society by working); (5) activation of the support system in a large family (instrumental support from core family members, instrumental, informational, and appraisal support from relatives). CONCLUSIONS: The study provides a deeper understanding of the interactions between young breast cancer survivors and their family members in China. These findings can support health professionals in developing female-sensitive, culturally specific interventions to assist Chinese YBCSs and their families in increasing positive interactions and family resilience as well as quality of life. In addition, the findings are highly applicable to other female cancer survivors and their vulnerable families exposed to similar social and cultural contexts. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12875-021-01476-y. BioMed Central 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8218435/ /pubmed/34154539 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01476-y Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Xu, Jiehui Wang, Xiyi Chen, Mengjie Shi, Yiwen Hu, Yun Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors |
title | Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors |
title_full | Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors |
title_fullStr | Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors |
title_full_unstemmed | Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors |
title_short | Family interaction among young Chinese breast cancer survivors |
title_sort | family interaction among young chinese breast cancer survivors |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8218435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34154539 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01476-y |
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