Lung cancer survivors' views on telerehabilitation following curative intent therapy: a formative qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To inform personalised home-based rehabilitation interventions, we sought to gain in-depth understanding of lung cancer survivors' (1) attitudes and perceived self-efficacy towards telemedicine; (2) knowledge of the benefits of rehabilitation and exercise training; (3) perceived facilitators and preferences for telerehabilitation; and (4) health goals following curative intent therapy.

Design

We conducted semi-structured interviews guided by Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory and used directed content analysis to identify salient themes.

Setting

One USA Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Participants

We enrolled 20 stage I-IIIA lung cancer survivors who completed curative intent therapy in the prior 1-6 months. Eighty-five percent of participants had pr

SUBMITTER: Ha DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314696 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature