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김혜원 ( Kim Hye-Won ) - Seoul Women’s College of Nursing Department of Nursing
한수정 ( Han Su-Jeong ) - Konyang University College of Nursing
김미란 ( Kim Mi-Ran ) - Konyang University College of Nursing
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to understand and identify, in depth, the position and perspectives of breast cancer survivors by comprehensively investigating their health management awareness and practice experience.
Methods: This study is a qualitative research using focus group interviews. Six breast cancer survivors voluntarily agreed to participate in the study in cooperation with the patient group in D city. Data were collected from May to August, 2019, in six sessions and analyzed using the content analysis method.
Results: The results showed that the health management awareness and practice experience of breast cancer survivors were concentrated in five areas: “improvement in lifestyle habits to recover health”, “discovering how to deal with psychosocial difficulties”, “multilateral efforts on treatment process or disease”, “pursuing changes in family and social relationships” and “changes in the perspectives of religious beliefs and death” as well as 10 sub-topics.
Conclusion: Breast cancer survivors were managing the health to prevent relapse and metastasis through various efforts to systematically manage these patients health, healthcare models should be developed, and policy support should be made available.
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KeyWords
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유방암, 암 생존자, 건강행위, 건강증진, 질적연구
Breast neoplasms, Cancer survivors, Health behavior, Health promotion, Qualitative research
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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