ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026
Perceived benefits and barriers to health behaviors after transarterial chemoembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a qualitative study based on the health belief model.
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Objective: Grounded in the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a heuristic framework, this study aimed to characterize the typologies and distinctive features of benefit-barrier perceptions regarding health behavior adherence among liver cancer patients following transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), focusing specifically on the core constructs of perceived benefits and perceived barriers, thereby providing evidence-based support for precision nursing interventions. Methods: A total of 15 liver cancer patients who underwent TACE at a tertiary A-Grade hospital in Chongqing, China, from June to September 2025 were selected through purposive sampling and participated in semistructured interviews. Themes were identified using Colaizzi's seven-step method for data analysis. Results: Five main topics and 13 subtopics were identified: physical barrier perception (postoperative acute symptom burden, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and decreased exercise tolerance), psychological barrier perception (feeling of helplessness, self-perceived burden, and emotional overflow), social support barrier perception (insufficient caregiver accessibility and financial burden), informational-cognitive gap perception (treatment efficacy misconception and low health education accessibility) and rehabilitation benefit perception (physical function improvement, social support benefit, and prior experience benefit). Conclusion: Liver cancer patients who underwent TACE exhibit multidimensional trade-offs in their perceptions of the benefits and barriers related to health behavior implementation. Healthcare professionals should develop targeted health-behavior intervention strategies based on patients' perceived characteristics in the early postoperative phase, helping them optimize their physical and psychological well-being and establishing a cognitive foundation for long-term treatment adherence following discharge.
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