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dc.contributor.authorKidd, Lisaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKearney, Noraen_UK
dc.contributor.authorO'Carroll, Ronanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHubbard, Gillen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-12T04:09:26Z-
dc.date.available2014-09-12T04:09:26Z-
dc.date.issued2008-12en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/1066-
dc.description.abstractTitle. Experiences of self-care in patients with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal study. Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explore patients’ experiences of self-care during a 6-month course of chemotherapy treatment for colorectal cancer. Background. A greater degree of patient involvement in self-care is increasingly being encouraged, however, little is known about patients’ experiences of being actively involved in their self-care. Methods. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 11 patients at the beginning and end of their treatment for colorectal cancer in a Scottish cancer centre between March 2005 and June 2006. The ways in which participants were actively involved in managing the impact of undergoing chemotherapy treatment and their understandings of the meaning of self-care were explored. Findings. Patients carried out self-care in order to preserve their self-identity and maintain a sense of normality. Self-care activities intended to manage both the physical and emotional impact of undergoing treatment included the use of medications and nutritional supplements and reducing food intake, information-seeking and -sharing experiences with fellow patients and rationalizing the purpose and effects of their chemotherapy treatment. Conclusion. Nurses have an important role to play in ensuring that patients’ perspectives and priorities for self-care, in particular what they do, why they do it and what it means to them, and that they are listened to, in order to help them achieve their desired level of involvement in self-care. Interventions to promote self-care should focus on helping people to preserve their self-identity, as well as managing the emotional toll and physical side effects associated with cancer treatment.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishingen_UK
dc.relationKidd L, Kearney N, O'Carroll R & Hubbard G (2008) Experiences of self-care in patients with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64 (5), pp. 469-477. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04796.xen_UK
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dc.subjectColorectal canceren_UK
dc.subjectexperiencesen_UK
dc.subjectinterviewsen_UK
dc.subjectlongitudinal studyen_UK
dc.subjectnursingen_UK
dc.subjectColon (Anatomy) Canceren_UK
dc.subjectChemotherapy Self-care, Healthen_UK
dc.subjectCancer treatment Longitudinal studiesen_UK
dc.titleExperiences of self-care in patients with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal studyen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2079-01-01en_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04796.xen_UK
dc.identifier.pmid18764852en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Advanced Nursingen_UK
dc.citation.issn1365-2648en_UK
dc.citation.issn0309-2402en_UK
dc.citation.volume64en_UK
dc.citation.issue5en_UK
dc.citation.spage469en_UK
dc.citation.epage477en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emaillisa.kidd@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCancer Care Research Centre - LEGACYen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHealth Sciences Research - Stirling - LEGACYen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHealth Sciences Research - Highland - LEGACYen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000261063700007en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-56049107662en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid814648en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5130-291Xen_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-2165-5770en_UK
dc.date.accepted2008-06-23en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2008-06-23en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2009-04-16en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorKidd, Lisa|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKearney, Nora|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorO'Carroll, Ronan|0000-0002-5130-291Xen_UK
local.rioxx.authorHubbard, Gill|0000-0003-2165-5770en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
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