Experiences and Fundamental Care Needs in Patients With Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours-An Interview Study in a Surgical Context.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The study aimed to describe patients' fundamental care needs and their experiences of nursing care, throughout surgical treatment of small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours.

Design

A qualitative descriptive study was performed.

Methods

Patients' interviews (n = 19) were conducted in Sweden from May 2021 to January 2022 and analysed using directed qualitative content analysis guided by the Fundamentals of Care framework.

Results

The results are presented in three descriptive categories chronologically throughout the care chain. In the preoperative phase of care, the category was 'Feeling safe but lonely and frightened, and struggling with existential thoughts'; experiences in the postoperative phase of care resulted in the category 'Feeling cared for but su

SUBMITTER: Olsson F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11896833 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature