TY - JOUR
T1 - Patients' Expectations of Physiotherapeutic Treatment for Long-Term Side Effects After Cancer
T2 - A Qualitative Study
AU - Jensen, Rikke Klitlund
AU - Jakobsen, Sarah
AU - Gundersen, Sigrid Velling
AU - Andersen, Martin Faerch
AU - Kongsgaard, Marianne
AU - Thomsen, Janus Laust
AU - Riis, Allan
PY - 2021/9/29
Y1 - 2021/9/29
N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore the expectations of physiotherapeutic treatment of long-term side effects (LTSEs) after cancer among patients treated in physiotherapy clinics.METHODS: This a qualitative interview study based on a phenomenological approach. Adult patients with LTSEs after cancer were recruited through The Danish Cancer Society and a private physiotherapy clinic in Denmark. Individual semi-structured interviews were carried out using Microsoft Teams based on an interview guide piloted before the interviews. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Sampling was conducted with a focus on variation in LTSE. The data were analyzed using Malterud's principles of systematic text condensation and coded in NVivo 12.RESULTS: 2 males and 8 females with an average age of 55.8 years were interviewed for between 40 and 60 minutes from October to November 2020. Four main themes emerged from the interviews1: The importance of the physiotherapist's approach,2 the benefits of meeting patients with similar symptoms,3 the importance of receiving knowledge, and4 patients seeking to maintain their current state more often than aiming to improve their condition.CONCLUSIONS: Patients consulting a physiotherapy clinic with LTSE after cancer prefer the physiotherapist to have knowledge about cancer and to be emphatic. Furthermore, patients prefer to meet like-minded people and expect support to maintain their current condition rather than improve their condition.
AB - OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore the expectations of physiotherapeutic treatment of long-term side effects (LTSEs) after cancer among patients treated in physiotherapy clinics.METHODS: This a qualitative interview study based on a phenomenological approach. Adult patients with LTSEs after cancer were recruited through The Danish Cancer Society and a private physiotherapy clinic in Denmark. Individual semi-structured interviews were carried out using Microsoft Teams based on an interview guide piloted before the interviews. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Sampling was conducted with a focus on variation in LTSE. The data were analyzed using Malterud's principles of systematic text condensation and coded in NVivo 12.RESULTS: 2 males and 8 females with an average age of 55.8 years were interviewed for between 40 and 60 minutes from October to November 2020. Four main themes emerged from the interviews1: The importance of the physiotherapist's approach,2 the benefits of meeting patients with similar symptoms,3 the importance of receiving knowledge, and4 patients seeking to maintain their current state more often than aiming to improve their condition.CONCLUSIONS: Patients consulting a physiotherapy clinic with LTSE after cancer prefer the physiotherapist to have knowledge about cancer and to be emphatic. Furthermore, patients prefer to meet like-minded people and expect support to maintain their current condition rather than improve their condition.
KW - sequela after cancer
KW - patient expectations
KW - physical therapy
KW - qualitative interviews
KW - primary care
U2 - 10.1177/10732748211047091
DO - 10.1177/10732748211047091
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34582740
SN - 1073-2748
VL - 28
JO - Cancer Control
JF - Cancer Control
M1 - 10732748211047091
ER -