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ArticleCancer medicine2024

Exploring the symptoms and psychological experiences among lung cancer convalescence patients after radical lobectomy: A qualitative study.

Julan Xiao, Yueming Peng, Yun Li, FengQing Ye, Zhixong Zeng, XiaoXu Lin, Yanheng Xie, Sijiao Cheng, Yi Wen, Weixiang Luo

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Julan XiaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8566-5065
Yueming PengShenzhen Clinical Research Centre for Geriatrics, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Yun LiShenzhen Clinical Research Centre for Geriatrics, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
FengQing YeShenzhen Clinical Research Centre for Geriatrics, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Zhixong ZengShenzhen Clinical Research Centre for Geriatrics, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
XiaoXu LinShenzhen Clinical Research Centre for Geriatrics, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Yanheng XieDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Sijiao ChengDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Yi WenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Weixiang LuoShenzhen Clinical Research Centre for Geriatrics, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Funding

Nursing discipline research topic of Chinese Medical Association Journal CMAPH-NRG2022042Shenzhen Peoples' Hospital and Young and Middle-aged Research Fund Project SYHL2021-N0006Wellcome Trust 202336
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Abstract

objectiveThis study aims to explore the symptom experiences and psychological feelings of lung cancer patients after radical lobectomy in China.

methodsA qualitative study was conducted using face-to-face semistructured interviews with lung cancer patients who had a radical lobectomy for treatment of their cancer during the convalescence period. Participants (n = 18) were recruited from a general hospital in China, and patients were selected using purposive sampling from September 2021 to February 2022. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim, and Colaizzi's seven-step method of phenomenology was used. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist was conducted to report the study.

resultsFour themes were extracted from the interview data: physiological dimensions (fatigue, cough or sputum, chest tightness and shortness of breath, daily activities affected, sleep disturbance, lack of appetite); psychological dimensions (negative emotion, fear of cancer recurrence, learning to accept reality, strengthened faith and hope); family dimensions (heavy economic burden, perceived family care, improved health management behavior); and social dimensions (perceived support of medical staff, decreased sense of social value and self-identity, changes in social and working style).

conclusionLung cancer patients are still troubled by many problems during the postoperative recovery period. Medical staff should design and implement effective evaluations and targeted interventions for patients' physical and mental health as soon as possible to improve patients' physical and mental health, as well as their quality of life.

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ConvalescenceLung NeoplasmsPneumonectomyQualitative ResearchAdultAgedChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of Lifelung cancerpostoperative periodpsychological feelingsqualitative studyrehabilitation nursingsymptom experiences

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