Elena Torralba-Martínez1, María Jesús Quintana2,3, Magda Ciendones Carbonell4, Elena de Las Sias5, Cristian Pablo Segura Carrillo6, Núria Codern-Bové7. 1. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Av. de Can Domènech 737, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain. 2. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health-Iberoamerican Cochrane Center, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Carrer Sant Antoni Ma Claret 167, 08025, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 3. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08041, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 4. Unidad de Patología Mamaria, Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Carrer Sant Quintí 89, 08041, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 5. Independent Clinical Psycho-Oncology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Av. Séneca, 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain. 6. Department of Social Work, Universidad de Concepción, Victor Lamas, 1290, Concepción, Chile. 7. Escola Universitària d'Infermeria i Teràpia Ocupacional de Terrassa (EUIT), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, c/ de la Riba 90, 08221, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain. nuriacodern@euit.fdsll.cat.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To understand the evolution of coping among women diagnosed with breast cancer over time, and the effect of age and family income on coping. METHOD: Using a phenomenological qualitative study, data was collected through semi-structured interviews with sixteen women in a hospital in Barcelona (Spain) between January 2018 and June 2019. An analysis of thematic content and discursive profile was carried out, assisted by the Nvivo v.12 program. RESULTS: Coping strategies change according to the meaning of breast cancer in each phase and the age and family income. In the acute phase, multiple coping strategies are identified, and this variety was more frequent among the young women in the study. In the extended phase, planning, distancing, and seeking social support become important. The latter used during treatment by older women in the study, regardless of family income. In the follow-up phase, distancing stands out, but also the search for social support among young women with fewer resources. CONCLUSIONS: Coping with breast cancer evolves according to the meaning that the disease receives in each phase. In addition, the analysis by discursive profile shows how the social support context is also related to the coping strategies in each phase.
PURPOSE: To understand the evolution of coping among women diagnosed with breast cancer over time, and the effect of age and family income on coping. METHOD: Using a phenomenological qualitative study, data was collected through semi-structured interviews with sixteen women in a hospital in Barcelona (Spain) between January 2018 and June 2019. An analysis of thematic content and discursive profile was carried out, assisted by the Nvivo v.12 program. RESULTS: Coping strategies change according to the meaning of breast cancer in each phase and the age and family income. In the acute phase, multiple coping strategies are identified, and this variety was more frequent among the young women in the study. In the extended phase, planning, distancing, and seeking social support become important. The latter used during treatment by older women in the study, regardless of family income. In the follow-up phase, distancing stands out, but also the search for social support among young women with fewer resources. CONCLUSIONS: Coping with breast cancer evolves according to the meaning that the disease receives in each phase. In addition, the analysis by discursive profile shows how the social support context is also related to the coping strategies in each phase.
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