Communication changes following non-glottic head and neck cancer management: The perspectives of survivors and carers
| Autor: | Martha N T Goodrow, Sandro V. Porceddu, Nerina Scarinci, Elizabeth C. Ward, Bena Cartmill, Laura N Tupling, Bridget C Debattista, Kori Johnson, Anna F. Rumbach, Rebecca L. Nund |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Gerontology
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Population Language and Linguistics Speech Disorders Interviews as Topic Speech and Hearing Quality of life (healthcare) Cost of Illness Activities of Daily Living Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Survivors skin and connective tissue diseases education Everyday life Hearing Disorders Qualitative Research Aged education.field_of_study Voice Disorders Research and Theory business.industry Communication Head and neck cancer Perspective (graphical) social sciences Chemoradiotherapy Middle Aged LPN and LVN medicine.disease humanities Persons With Hearing Impairments Treatment Outcome Otorhinolaryngology Caregivers Head and Neck Neoplasms Physical therapy Quality of Life Female sense organs business human activities Psychosocial Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | International journal of speech-language pathology. 17(3) |
| ISSN: | 1754-9515 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE Head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors may experience functional changes to their voice, speech and hearing following curative chemoradiotherapy. However, few studies have explored the impact of living with such changes from the perspective of the HNC survivor and their carer. The current study employed a person-centred approach to explore the lived experience of communication changes following chemoradiotherapy treatment for HNC from the perspective of survivors and carers. METHOD Participants included 14 survivors with non-glottic HNC and nine carers. All participants took part in in-depth interviews where they were encouraged to describe their experiences of living with and adjusting to communication changes following treatment. Interviews were analysed as a single data set. RESULT Four themes emerged including: (1) impairments in communication sub-systems; (2) the challenges of communicating in everyday life; (3) broad ranging effects of communication changes; and (4) adaptations as a result of communication changes. CONCLUSION These data confirm that communication changes following chemoradiotherapy have potentially negative psychosocial impacts on both the HNC survivor and their carer. Clinicians should consider the impact of communication changes on the life of the HNC survivor and their carer and provide adequate and timely education and management to address the needs of this population. |
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