ArticleJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2019
Integrating self-management into daily life following primary treatment: head and neck cancer survivors' perspectives.
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- Evaluating the effects of lymphoedema management strategies on functional status and health-related quality of life following treatment for head and neck cancer: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Clinicians' Views of Patient-initiated Follow-up in Head and Neck Cancer: a Qualitative Study to Inform the PETNECK2 Trial.Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2022Trial
- Self-management of reflux symptoms after esophagectomy in China: A qualitative study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Article
- Healthcare professionals understanding, perceptions and experiences of head and neck lymphoedema to promote self-management for patients following completion of head and neck cancer treatment: a qualitative study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- "Such a different type of tiredness": people with brain tumour, their caregivers', and healthcare professionals' qualitative perceptions of cancer-related fatigue.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a self-management ability scale for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy (SMA-HNC).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Social wellbeing, loneliness, and symptom burden in head and neck cancer survivors: a latent class analysis.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2026Article
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- 'Eating with Others': planning, developing and optimising a self-management intervention to promote social eating for patients living with and beyond head and neck cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
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- Self-Management Strategy Clustering, Quality of Life, and Health Status in Cancer Patients Considering Cancer Stages.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Current status of and future perspectives on care for cancer survivors in China.Global health & medicine · 2023Review
- A multicenter randomized trial for quality of life evaluation by non-invasive intelligent tools during post-curative treatment follow-up for head and neck cancer: Clinical study protocol.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward healthy eating among Chinese cancer patients treated with chemotherapy: A systematic review.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Review
- Exploring the views of patients' and their family about patient-initiated follow-up in head and neck cancer: A mixed methods study.European journal of cancer care · 2022Article
- Patient experience of the acute post-surgical period following total laryngectomy during the COVID-19 era.International journal of language & communication disorders · 2022Article
- Enhancing Outpatient Symptom Management in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2022Article
- Breast cancer-related lymphedema patient and healthcare professional experiences in lymphedema self-management: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Post-treatment head and neck cancer survivors' approaches to self-management: A qualitative study.European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-management may help cancer survivors to better deal with challenges to their physical, functional, social and psychological well-being presented by cancer and its treatment. Nonetheless, little is known about how people integrate cancer self-management practices into their daily lives. The aim of this study was to describe and characterise the processes through which head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors attempt to integrate self-management into their daily lives following primary treatment.
methodsUsing a purposeful critical case sampling method, 27 HNC survivors were identified through four designated cancer centres in Ireland and participated in face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis.
resultsSix themes describing HNC survivors' attempts to integrate self-management into their lives following treatment were identified: grappling with having to self-manage, trying out self-management strategies, becoming an expert self-manager, struggling to integrate self-management strategies into daily life, avoiding recommended self-management and interpreting self-management.
conclusionsThis is the first study to describe HNC survivors' attempts to integrate self-management into their daily lives following primary treatment. The findings indicate that HNC survivors exhibit highly individualised approaches to self-management integration and abandon self-management strategies that fail to meet their own specific needs. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Survivors may benefit from skills training and structured support to assist their transition between in-patient care and having to self-manage after primary treatment, and/or ongoing support to deal with persistent and recurring challenges such as eating difficulties and fear of recurrence.
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