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| العنوان: |
Beauty Therapy to Support Psychosocial Recovery from Oncological Care: A Qualitative Research on the Lived Experience of Women with Breast Cancer Treated with Chemotherapy. |
| المؤلفون: |
Vagnini, Denise, Grassi, Massimo Maria, Valenti, Francesco, Bombardieri, Emilio, Saita, Emanuela |
| المصدر: |
Current Oncology; May2024, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p2527-2541, 15p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CANCER chemotherapy, SOCIAL support, CANCER patients, QUALITATIVE research, BREAST cancer, ONCOLOGY nursing |
| مستخلص: |
During the oncological care path, breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy suffer from a number of psycho-physical changes, and appearance-related side effects are among the primary determinants of psychosocial impairment. Appropriate interventions are needed due to the fact that treatment-induced transformations have been associated with a decline in overall quality of life, interpersonal and sexual difficulties, and adverse effects on therapeutic adherence. In the framework of integrative oncology, beauty therapy is an affordable and straightforward intervention that could be used in the clinical management of breast cancer side effects. This study aims to comprehend the emotional and lived experiences of women undergoing chemotherapy after a brief beauty therapy intervention with licensed beauticians. The Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used as a methodological guideline. Sixteen women were purposefully recruited in a day hospital of a cancer unit, where the beauty therapy was implemented. At the end of the intervention, data were gathered using a semi-structured interview with open-ended questions. A thematic analysis was performed on verbatim transcriptions. Findings support the proposal of beauty therapy for patients undergoing chemotherapy. Assuming a relational viewpoint, beauty therapy could improve patients' feelings about themselves and the way they feel about others, even if they do not declare a specific interest in their outward appearance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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