Psychological adaptation and recovery in youth with sarcoma: a qualitative study with practical implications for clinical care and research.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study explored factors that play a role in psychological adaptation and recovery of young people with sarcoma.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

National Health Service hospitals in the UK.

Methods

Using purposive sampling, participants were recruited for semistructured interviews over the telephone or face to face in order to answer questions about how cancer impacted various domains of their life. Data were analysed using a framework approach.

Results

Thirty participants, aged 15-39 years with primary sarcoma diagnosis provided in-depth accounts of their experience. Emerging themes from the interviews were grouped into two overarching themes that relate to one's adaptation to illness: individual level and environmental level. The qualit

SUBMITTER: Kosir U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684813 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature