ArticleSociology of health & illness2017
Managing, making sense of and finding meaning in advanced illness: a qualitative exploration of the coping and wellbeing experiences of patients with lung cancer.
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The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Psychological Distress, and Effectiveness of a 'Life Situation Improving Intervention' Among Oral Cancer Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospitals in the Colombo District
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Movement Between Suffering and Health-Experience of Health During Long-Term Illness.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- Exploring patient reported quality of life in lung cancer patients: A qualitative study of patient-reported outcome measures.Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
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- Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among patients with oral cancer in the selected tertiary care institutes in Sri Lanka: a combined cross-sectional and case-control study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Importance of Communication Skills Training and Meaning Centered Psychotherapy Concepts among Patients and Caregivers Coping with Advanced Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A Review on the Application of Hospice Care in Patients with Advanced Cancer.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Review
- Explaining how and why social support groups in hospice day services benefit palliative care patients, for whom, and in what circumstances.Palliative care and social practice · 2023Article
- Feasibility of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Psychosocial Palliative Care: Observational Cohort Study of Hospice Day Care and Social Support Groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Control in patients with advanced cancer: an interpretative phenomenological study.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
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Abstract
Coping plays an essential role in maintaining the wellbeing of patients with cancer. A number of different coping responses and strategies have been identified in the literature. The value and relevance of meaning based coping theory has also been emphasised, including Antonovosky's Sense of Coherence (SoC) theory. Ten patients with advanced lung cancer were interviewed up to three times. A total of twenty in depth interviews were carried out, fully transcribed and data were analysed following a methodology of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three broad domains were identified to categorise the core life concerns of participants; making sense of and managing one's illness; maintaining daily life and relationships and confronting the future. Within these domains multiple coping themes are identified, which to varying degrees help to maintain patient wellbeing and quality of life. This article considers the relevance of SoC theory for understanding the coping experiences of patients with advanced cancer, and identifies resources and factors likely to support patient coping, with implications for health and social care services.
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