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Patient is to Survivor as Care Partner is to?: Care Partners' Experiences of Transition into Cancer Survivorship
Patient is to Survivor as Care Partner is to?: Care Partners' Experiences of Transition into Cancer Survivorship
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202102957
- ISBN
- 9798293831623
- DDC
- 610.73
- 서명/저자
- Patient is to Survivor as Care Partner is to?: Care Partners Experiences of Transition into Cancer Survivorship
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The University of Utah, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 295 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-03, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Ellington, Lee;Cloyes, Kristin Gates.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (D.Phil.)--The University of Utah, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Caregiving can profoundly impact the self-identity and well-being of cancer survivors. With the increasing number of cancer survivors, understanding the unique challenges confronted by their care partners is crucial. However, the experiences of care partners as they transition into survivorship remain understudied. This study aimed to address this gap by examining the changes in self-identity that care partners experience and by identifying the social support necessary for their well-being.Utilizing an interpretive descriptive methodology and framed by Meleis's transition theory, data were collected from a purposive sample of n = 18 individuals caring for spouses or partners who were currently cancer-free or in-remission. Participants completed two free listing exercises (FLE) and two semi-structured interviews. FLE 1 and 2 data were compared via descriptive statistics for differences in length, positivity/negativity, and emotional content as measured by LIWC, and by gender. Interview data were coded using a hybrid deductive and inductive approach and themes were developed to describe insights into the six dimensions of well-being affecting self-identity, how transitions through survivorship occur, and what types of social support best meets care partner needs.As they transitioned through survivorship, care partners reported great disruption to their emotional and social well-being which corresponded to when they began processing their cancer experience post-treatment. Participants described four signposts of survivorship labeled completion of treatment, delayed reaction, gradual realization leading to acceptance, and transition completion. Participants occupied different loci on the survivorship trajectory including two who described being stuck and unable to move forward. Participants admitted fitting their own composite definition of "survivor" but most rejected the integration into their identity. Care partners, who had their own cancer diagnosis, considered the caregiving experience more difficult. Emotional support was the most predominant type of support needed (55.70%), followed by informational (20.00%), instrumental (10.13%), appraisal (7.34%), and belonging (6.83%). Care partners quietly acknowledged that the cancer experience had impacted them in negative ways but were reticent to voice their own needs in fear of overshadowing their spouse or partner.Findings of this study further the cancer survivorship and caregiving literature and prompt the call to action for including care partners throughout the cancer care continuum.
- 일반주제명
- Nursing
- 일반주제명
- Oncology
- 일반주제명
- Health sciences
- 키워드
- Care partners
- 키워드
- Caregiving
- 키워드
- Self-identity
- 기타저자
- The University of Utah Nursing
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-03B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aCaregiving can profoundly impact the self-identity and well-being of cancer survivors. With the increasing number of cancer survivors, understanding the unique challenges confronted by their care partners is crucial. However, the experiences of care partners as they transition into survivorship remain understudied. This study aimed to address this gap by examining the changes in self-identity that care partners experience and by identifying the social support necessary for their well-being.Utilizing an interpretive descriptive methodology and framed by Meleis's transition theory, data were collected from a purposive sample of n = 18 individuals caring for spouses or partners who were currently cancer-free or in-remission. Participants completed two free listing exercises (FLE) and two semi-structured interviews. FLE 1 and 2 data were compared via descriptive statistics for differences in length, positivity/negativity, and emotional content as measured by LIWC, and by gender. Interview data were coded using a hybrid deductive and inductive approach and themes were developed to describe insights into the six dimensions of well-being affecting self-identity, how transitions through survivorship occur, and what types of social support best meets care partner needs.As they transitioned through survivorship, care partners reported great disruption to their emotional and social well-being which corresponded to when they began processing their cancer experience post-treatment. Participants described four signposts of survivorship labeled completion of treatment, delayed reaction, gradual realization leading to acceptance, and transition completion. Participants occupied different loci on the survivorship trajectory including two who described being stuck and unable to move forward. Participants admitted fitting their own composite definition of "survivor" but most rejected the integration into their identity. Care partners, who had their own cancer diagnosis, considered the caregiving experience more difficult. Emotional support was the most predominant type of support needed (55.70%), followed by informational (20.00%), instrumental (10.13%), appraisal (7.34%), and belonging (6.83%). Care partners quietly acknowledged that the cancer experience had impacted them in negative ways but were reticent to voice their own needs in fear of overshadowing their spouse or partner.Findings of this study further the cancer survivorship and caregiving literature and prompt the call to action for including care partners throughout the cancer care continuum.
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