Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study
Aim: To explore and describe the essential meaning of lived experiences of the phenomenon: Everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Background: Radiotherapy treatment in patients with NSCLC is associated with severe side effects such as fatigue,...
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| description | Aim: To explore and describe the essential meaning of lived experiences of the phenomenon: Everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Background: Radiotherapy treatment in patients with NSCLC is associated with severe side effects such as fatigue, anxiety, and reduced quality of life. However, little is known about the patients’ experience of everyday life during the care trajectory. Design: This study takes a reflective lifeworld approach using an empirical application of phenomenological philosophy described by Dahlberg and colleagues. Method: A sample of three patients treated with curative radiotherapy for NSCLC was interviewed 3 weeks after the end of radiotherapy treatment about their experiences of everyday life during their treatment. Data were collected in 2014 and interviews and analysis were conducted within the descriptive phenomenological framework. Findings: The essential meaning structure of the phenomenon studied was described as “Hope for recovery serving as a compass in a changed everyday life,” which was a guide for the patients through the radiotherapy treatment to support their efforts in coping with side effects. The constituents of the structure were: Radiotherapy as a life priority, A struggle for acceptance of an altered everyday life, Interpersonal relationships for better or worse, and Meeting the health care system. Conclusion: The meaning of hope was essential during radiotherapy treatment and our results suggest that interpersonal relationships can be a prerequisite to the experience of hope. “Hope for recovery serving as a compass in a changed everyday life,” furthermore identifies the essentials in the patients’ assertive approach to believing in recovery and thereby enabling hope in a serious situation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07cf94ac1cec4773abc0fc1e6ae1ae892022-12-21T19:45:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being1748-26312015-11-0110011010.3402/qhw.v10.2939729397Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological studySuzanne Petri0Connie B. Berthelsen1 Department of Oncology, Section for Radiotherapy, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark Section of Nursing, Institute of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkAim: To explore and describe the essential meaning of lived experiences of the phenomenon: Everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Background: Radiotherapy treatment in patients with NSCLC is associated with severe side effects such as fatigue, anxiety, and reduced quality of life. However, little is known about the patients’ experience of everyday life during the care trajectory. Design: This study takes a reflective lifeworld approach using an empirical application of phenomenological philosophy described by Dahlberg and colleagues. Method: A sample of three patients treated with curative radiotherapy for NSCLC was interviewed 3 weeks after the end of radiotherapy treatment about their experiences of everyday life during their treatment. Data were collected in 2014 and interviews and analysis were conducted within the descriptive phenomenological framework. Findings: The essential meaning structure of the phenomenon studied was described as “Hope for recovery serving as a compass in a changed everyday life,” which was a guide for the patients through the radiotherapy treatment to support their efforts in coping with side effects. The constituents of the structure were: Radiotherapy as a life priority, A struggle for acceptance of an altered everyday life, Interpersonal relationships for better or worse, and Meeting the health care system. Conclusion: The meaning of hope was essential during radiotherapy treatment and our results suggest that interpersonal relationships can be a prerequisite to the experience of hope. “Hope for recovery serving as a compass in a changed everyday life,” furthermore identifies the essentials in the patients’ assertive approach to believing in recovery and thereby enabling hope in a serious situation.http://www.ijqhw.net/index.php/qhw/article/view/29397/43448Hopelived experienceslung cancernursingopen qualitative interviewsphenomenologyradiotherapyReflective Lifeworld Research |
| spellingShingle | Suzanne Petri Connie B. Berthelsen Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being Hope lived experiences lung cancer nursing open qualitative interviews phenomenology radiotherapy Reflective Lifeworld Research |
| title | Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study |
| title_full | Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study |
| title_fullStr | Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study |
| title_short | Lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A phenomenological study |
| title_sort | lived experiences of everyday life during curative radiotherapy in patients with non small cell lung cancer a phenomenological study |
| topic | Hope lived experiences lung cancer nursing open qualitative interviews phenomenology radiotherapy Reflective Lifeworld Research |
| url | http://www.ijqhw.net/index.php/qhw/article/view/29397/43448 |
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