Impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative analysis of strains, resources and coping strategies among elderly patients in a rural setting in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rurality is fraught with numerous difficulties including a lack of advanced health facilities to provide health services, and an absence of specialist cancer services, and qualified personnel, among others. These factors exacerbate the challenges of elderly patients diagnosed with cancer and further pose limitations to activities/instrumental activities of daily living. Yet, there is limited scholarship on the strains that affect elderly patients diagnosed with cancer and the resources that helps them to overcome them. This study explores the strains, resources, and coping strategies of elderly patients diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment in rural Ghana.

Methods

An exploratory, descriptive qualitative design was adopted. Purposive sampling was used to r

SUBMITTER: Mensah ABB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481500 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature