KMID : 0606420040100010032
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2004 Volume.10 No. 1 p.32 ~ p.41
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A Grounded-theory Approach to the Process of Life Adaptation in Women with Cervical Cancer
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Kim Jeung-Im Lee Hae-Kyung Kang Nam-Mi Kim Hae-Won Lee Eun-Hee Hur Myung-Haeng
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the process of life adaptation in women with cervical cancer.
Method: A grounded theory method with guided data collection and analysis was used. Fifteen women with cervical cancer who had some kind of treatment at the hospital were asked open-ended and descriptive questions with a guideline. All interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim.
Result: The core category that emerged from the comparative analysis was ¡°overcoming cancer" named as a process of life adaptation in the participants. The process of overcoming cancer evolved three stages ¡°admitting reality¡±, ¡°attempting health-care¡± and ¡°continuing health-care". Depending on the paradigm model, the central phenomena of the experiences was ¡°powerlessness¡±. The internal factors motivating women to overcome cancer were ¡°denial of cancer¡± and ¡°desire for life¡±. Strategies of overcoming cancer included ¡°living as a cancer patient¡±, ¡°selective food eating¡±, ¡°steady exercising¡±, ¡°getting rid of stress¡±, and ¡°preparing for death¡±. The intervening conditions, ¡°supportive system¡±, "forms of life¡±, and ¡°burden on family¡±, influenced overcoming cancer.
Conclusion: The results of this study could help clinical nurses to understand life adaptation in cervical cancer patients and establish efficient coping strategies in dealing with the problems they face.
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KEYWORD
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Cervical cancer, Adaptation, Grounded theory
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