The role expectations of young women as wives after breast cancer treatment: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Through the reflection of young breast cancer women on their selves and identities, we explored expectations of the wife role that they need to fulfill to return to their families, aimed to provide a reference basis for medical professionals to develop interventions related to cancer family rehabilitation.

Methods

Descriptive phenomenological methods and purposive sampling were used. Young breast cancer patients and their spouses were selected for semi-structured face-to-face interviews in the study from March to April 2023 at the department of breast surgery and oncology center of a Class A tertiary hospital in Xuzhou City, China. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological approach.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Gao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329045 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature