| Title |
Hopes of Breast Cancer Patients who Have Children |
| Subtitle |
ORIGINALS |
| Authors |
Hisae Moteki1, Tiaki Oyama2, Fumiyo Fujino3, Kiyoko Kanda4 |
| Authors (kana) |
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| Organization |
1Tomioka Nursing School, 2Public Tomioka General Hospital, 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, 4Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine |
| Journal |
The Kitakanto Medical Journal
|
| Volume |
60
|
| Number |
3
|
| Page |
235-241 |
| Year/Month |
2010 / 8 |
| Article |
Original article |
| Publisher |
The Kitakanto Medical Society |
| Abstract |
[Background and Purpose] There are not many reports on the hopes of breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study is to clarify the hopes that primary breast cancer patients raising underage children have before discharge and to investigate nursing support for them. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 10 primary breast cancer patients aged 20-49 years having children under 18 who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews and nursing records on or after postoperative day 3. Using a qualitative inductive method, patients' words concerning hope were coded, and then the codes were abstracted into categories and subcategories according to similarity. [Results] Three hopes, “to be cured”, “self-realization” and “growth of themselves and people around them”, were revealed as the hopes that primary breast cancer patients raising children under 18 had before discharge. “To be cured” consisted of 2 subcategories, “to devote themselves to treatment” and “health promotion”. “Self-realization” consisted of 8 subcategories, “next pregnancy”, “work as the meaning of life”, “rapport with children”, “fulfillment of the mother's role”, “to live by their own values", “to live in society”, “to live as before” and “to plan their future life”. “Growth of themselves and people around them” consisted of 4 subcategories, “growth of children”, “growth of the husband”, “growth of themselves” and “development of family relationships”. [Conclusion] Our findings suggested that it is necessary in nursing support for breast cancer patients raising children to teach concrete methods for environmental adjustment and health maintenance, so that patients can first devote themselves to treatment as the first stage to realize their hope to live normal lives as before. (Kitakanto Med J 2010;60:235〜241) |
| Practice |
General medicine |
| Keywords |
breast cancer nursing, raising children, hope, qualitative study |
