Open AccessExperience of diagnosis and time of chemotherapy of women with breast cancer
Author(s) -
Jan Daniel Kellerer,
Magdalena Haun,
Matthias Rohringer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in social sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-0286
DOI - 10.14738/assrj.89.10966
Subject(s) - psychosocial , breast cancer , coping (psychology) , disease , medicine , context (archaeology) , health professionals , categorization , psychology , family medicine , clinical psychology , cancer , psychiatry , health care , pathology , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth , philosophy , epistemology
Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies in women worldwide and affects all dimensions of health. The aim of this meta-aggregative review is to describe the experience of diagnosis and the subsequent period of therapy of women with breast cancer. Following a systematic literature research, ten publications were included in the meta-aggregative review and the study results were synthesized by categorization. Emotional burden, challenges, psychosocial support, and individual coping strategies were described by affected women, and disease-related information sharing and fulfilment of expectations in health professionals were experienced as unsatisfactory. There is a need for improvement in the context of information and counseling measures by health professionals.