Treatment burden in survivors of prostate and colorectal cancers: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Treatment burden is the workload of healthcare and the impact this has on the individual. Treatment burden is associated with poorer patient outcomes in several chronic diseases. Illness burden has been extensively studied in cancer, but little is known about treatment burden, particularly in those who have completed primary treatment for cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate treatment burden in survivors of prostate and colorectal cancers and their caregivers.

Design

Semistructured interview study. Interviews were analysed using Framework and thematic analysis.

Setting

Participants were recruited via general practices in Northeast Scotland.

Participants

Eligible participants were individuals who had been diagnosed with colorectal or prost

SUBMITTER: Adam R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9990667 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature