Psychological adjustment strategies used by Moroccan patients with locally advanced breast cancer to cope with the psychological impact of diagnosis and the effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) has significant psychological effects on these patients, which, when added to the impact of being diagnosed at this stage of breast cancer (BC), results in psychological distress. This triggers various psychological adjustment strategies to cope. To better understand these effects and this adjustment process, this study aims to explore the psychological impact of the discovery of LABC and effect the NAC treatment, and to describe the psychological adjustment strategies adopted by Moroccan patients.

Methods

A qualitative exploratory descriptive study was conducted through semi-directive interviews, which reached its saturation point with 36 patients who agreed to participate in ou

SUBMITTER: Nadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12763977 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature