ArticleNursing & health sciences2022
"I pretty much followed the law, and there weren't any decisions to make": A qualitative study of self-advocacy experiences of men with cancer.
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- Pooled it
- Latent profiles of self-advocacy and their relationship with fear of progression, family resilience, and cognitive emotion regulation among male patients with liver cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Self-Advocacy in cancer Survivors and Influencing Factors: a Systematic Review.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Review
- Self-advocacy experiences in coping with dysphagia among patients with oral cancer: A qualitative study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Gender Differences in Self-Advocacy Among Cancer Survivors: How Women and Men Vary in How They Learn to Engage in Decision-Making and Social Support.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2025Article
- The female self-advocacy in Cancer Survivorship scale is a psychometrically sound measure of self-advocacy in male cancer survivors.Psycho-oncology · 2024Article
- Men's Lived Experiences of Breast Cancer and Changes in Occupation.Occupational therapy international · 2023Article
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Abstract
Current conceptualizations of patient self-advocacy focus on women with cancer, leaving knowledge of male self-advocacy deficient. The purpose of this study is to describe the key components of self-advocacy among men with cancer. Adult (≥18 years old) men with a history of invasive cancer were recruited from cancer clinics and registries. Trained researchers led individual semi-structured interviews regarding participants' challenges, how they overcame those challenges, and barriers and facilitators to their self-advocacy. All interviews were analyzed using descriptive content analysis methods and synthesized into major themes. These themes were refined after receiving feedback from key stakeholders. Participants (N = 28) reported three major self-advocacy themes: (i) managing through information and planning; (ii) finding the best team and falling in line; and (iii) strategic social connections. These themes are richly described with representative quotations for each theme and subtheme. Based on these findings, existing models of patient self-advocacy should be adjusted to encompass how men self-advocate. Clinicians should consider how gender may impact how and why patients with cancer self-advocate so that they can best support their patients in achieving patient-centered care.
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