A qualitative exploration of fear of cancer recurrence in Turkish cancer survivors who were referred for colposcopy

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dc.contributor.authorÜner, Fatma Özlem
dc.contributor.authorKörükçü, Öznur
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-30T06:54:20Z
dc.date.available2023-11-30T06:54:20Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentALKÜ, Fakülteler, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü
dc.description.abstractWe aimed to qualitatively explore factors related to fear of cancer recurrence in women who had a risk of cervical cancer relapse/metastasis and to identify the psychological effect of gynaecological examination and colposcopy in cancer survivors. We conducted the present descriptive study with a qualitative design based on the thematic analysis approach on ten women who under suspicion of new cancer and were admitted to the Gynaecological Oncology Polyclinic of Akdeniz University for colposcopy between July and October 2017 via in-depth interviews. As a result of the interviews, we identified three main themes: colposcopy-related fear, emotions associated with fear of cancer recurrence, and fear of being diagnosed with cancer. Moreover it was determined that women experienced a fear of death, fear of family being affected, fear of stigmatisation by society, and fear of not coping with the treatment process. We found that women with cancer history and undergoing colposcopy because of abnormal cervical cytology in routine oncology controls experienced a significant fear of cancer recurrence. We found that gynaecological examination and colposcopy caused anxiety in patients. Healthcare professions should be aware and help women to cope with the fear of cancer recurrence in the colposcopy process and should determine the social care needs of these patients.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/hsc.13326
dc.identifier.endpage737en_US
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage729en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/2442
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/hsc.13326?utm_source=scopus&getft_integrator=scopus
dc.identifier.volume29en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofHealth and Social Care in the Community
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectabnormal Pap test
dc.subjectColposcopy
dc.subjectFear of cancer recurrence
dc.subjectQualitative
dc.titleA qualitative exploration of fear of cancer recurrence in Turkish cancer survivors who were referred for colposcopy
dc.typeArticle

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