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The Network That Unites a Qualitative Study on Clinical Psychological Intervention for Women with a History of Breast Cancer and Chronic Pain

The aim of this qualitative research is to deepen the knowledge in the field of psycho-oncology and the consequences of chronic and persistent pain by listening to patients’ experiences, their emotions and difficulties in facing this hard condition, and assessing their perception of the role of the...

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Autores principales: Maglia, Marilena, Tortorici, Julie, Lenzo, Vittorio, Aiello, Daniela, Alì, Marco, Aiello, Rosanna, Caponnetto, Pasquale
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9221617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35735467
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12060046
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author Maglia, Marilena
Tortorici, Julie
Lenzo, Vittorio
Aiello, Daniela
Alì, Marco
Aiello, Rosanna
Caponnetto, Pasquale
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Tortorici, Julie
Lenzo, Vittorio
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Aiello, Rosanna
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description The aim of this qualitative research is to deepen the knowledge in the field of psycho-oncology and the consequences of chronic and persistent pain by listening to patients’ experiences, their emotions and difficulties in facing this hard condition, and assessing their perception of the role of the psychologist in pain management. In this qualitative study, a semistructured interview was used, designed from three research questions: chronic pain and quality of life; chronic pain and psychological well-being; and the role and perception of the psychologist in pain management. The sample consists of 29 women who suffered or have recovered from breast carcinoma, and who currently report having chronic pain due either to the presence of the cancer or as a result of surgery or treatment. Three themes emerged from the thematic analysis: quality of life and psychological well-being, relational well-being, and perception and role of the psychologist. Two subthemes have been identified for each theme: common features of chronic pain and consequences and resilience for the first theme; not feeling understood and willingness to protect loved ones for the second theme; and improvements perceived by users and reasons for not making use of the service for the last theme. In conclusion, the results obtained from the literature and those from the analysis of the interviews are discussed and compared, and reflections are made on possible future implications.
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spelling pubmed-92216172022-06-24 The Network That Unites a Qualitative Study on Clinical Psychological Intervention for Women with a History of Breast Cancer and Chronic Pain Maglia, Marilena Tortorici, Julie Lenzo, Vittorio Aiello, Daniela Alì, Marco Aiello, Rosanna Caponnetto, Pasquale Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ Article The aim of this qualitative research is to deepen the knowledge in the field of psycho-oncology and the consequences of chronic and persistent pain by listening to patients’ experiences, their emotions and difficulties in facing this hard condition, and assessing their perception of the role of the psychologist in pain management. In this qualitative study, a semistructured interview was used, designed from three research questions: chronic pain and quality of life; chronic pain and psychological well-being; and the role and perception of the psychologist in pain management. The sample consists of 29 women who suffered or have recovered from breast carcinoma, and who currently report having chronic pain due either to the presence of the cancer or as a result of surgery or treatment. Three themes emerged from the thematic analysis: quality of life and psychological well-being, relational well-being, and perception and role of the psychologist. Two subthemes have been identified for each theme: common features of chronic pain and consequences and resilience for the first theme; not feeling understood and willingness to protect loved ones for the second theme; and improvements perceived by users and reasons for not making use of the service for the last theme. In conclusion, the results obtained from the literature and those from the analysis of the interviews are discussed and compared, and reflections are made on possible future implications. MDPI 2022-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9221617/ /pubmed/35735467 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12060046 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Maglia, Marilena
Tortorici, Julie
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Aiello, Daniela
Alì, Marco
Aiello, Rosanna
Caponnetto, Pasquale
The Network That Unites a Qualitative Study on Clinical Psychological Intervention for Women with a History of Breast Cancer and Chronic Pain
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title_fullStr The Network That Unites a Qualitative Study on Clinical Psychological Intervention for Women with a History of Breast Cancer and Chronic Pain
title_full_unstemmed The Network That Unites a Qualitative Study on Clinical Psychological Intervention for Women with a History of Breast Cancer and Chronic Pain
title_short The Network That Unites a Qualitative Study on Clinical Psychological Intervention for Women with a History of Breast Cancer and Chronic Pain
title_sort network that unites a qualitative study on clinical psychological intervention for women with a history of breast cancer and chronic pain
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9221617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35735467
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12060046
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