Exploring motivations for participating in research among Australian women with advanced gynaecological cancer: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

With global moves to increase research among those living with advanced cancer and legitimise consumers as part of cancer research, this article aims to build an understanding of women's motivations and reasons for participating in gynaecological cancer research. As a secondary aim, we considered the role of qualitative methods in enabling active involvement of consumers in research.

Methods

We applied thematic discursive analysis to 18 in-depth interviews with women diagnosed with advanced (stage III-IV) gynaecological cancer living in Australia.

Results

We found that women viewed research as a vehicle for change in two directions: improving the lives of future generations and improving education and awareness. Underpinning these two framings of research, wom

SUBMITTER: Wigginton B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10409726 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature