Experiences and perception of character strengths among patients with breast cancer in China: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the patients' experiences on character strengths that Chinese patients experience after the diagnosis of breast cancer.

Design

A qualitative, exploratory study using semistructured interviews based on the patients' lived experience after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Ethics approval was granted. Interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed verbatim. Values in Action Classification of Strengths provided conceptual framework for analysing strengths. Directed content analysis based on the classification of strengths and framework analysis were used to analyse transcribed data. The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research guideline was followed.

Setting

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Provincial Cancer Hospi

SUBMITTER: Yan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9621164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature