Head and neck cancer patient experience of a new dietitian-delivered health behaviour intervention: 'you know you have to eat to survive'.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to explore head and neck cancer (HNC) patient experiences of a novel dietitian delivered health behaviour intervention.

Methods

This study is a qualitative study which employed semi-structured individual interviews using open and axial coding and then final selective coding to organise the data. Patients with HNC who had participated in a dietitian delivered health behaviour intervention to reduce malnutrition were invited to discuss their experience of this intervention. Individual interviews were conducted, transcribed and analysed using grounded theory.

Results

Nine patients participated in the interviews. Four dimensions were identified in the initial coding process: 'information', which described patients' desire for tailored adv

SUBMITTER: McCarter K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5982430 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature