KMID : 1035120230230010001
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Asian Oncology Nursing 2023 Volume.23 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.9
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Process of Regaining Self-Efficacy in Cancer Survivors Undergoing Gastrectomy
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Emi Sato
Masako Shomura Haruka Okabe
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Abstract
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Purpose: Patients with gastric cancer experience several challenges in regaining self-efficacy, including postoperative gastric dysfunction and psychosocial problems, after undergoing gastrectomy. This study aimed to describe the process of regaining self-efficacy in cancer survivors who underwent gastrectomy.
Methods: This study enrolled adults, employed a modified grounded theory approach, and targeted participants by theoretical sampling. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews and analyzed by qualitative and inductive methods.
Results: The participants included 10 post-gastrectomy patients with gastric cancer. The analysis yielded 28 concepts, eight categories, and four core categories. Regaining self-efficacy in cancer survivors began with ¡°Facing gastric cancer and surgery.¡± After a period of being ¡°At the mercy of gastrectomy and eating habits,¡± it changed to ¡°Reclaiming life while accepting the loss of gastric function¡± through trial-and-error, and finally reached the stage of ¡°Aiming for a better future than that before gastric cancer¡± after a long period.
Conclusion: Despite a crisis and repeated trial-and-error circumstances that could change abruptly, the patients demonstrated a flexible and resilient attitude in regaining self-efficacy. This study presented a time axis of the difficult process of regaining self-efficacy and explained the stages at which nursing intervention becomes important.
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KEYWORD
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Stomach neoplasms, Self efficacy, Survivors, Gastrectomy
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