African American Couples Merging Strengths to Successfully Cope With Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Phyllis D Morgan, Linda Rose, Kim Barnett, Joshua Fogel, Victoria Mock, Melvin Gaskins, Carolyn Brown-Davis, Bertha L. Davis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Oncology Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Coping (psychology) medicine.medical_specialty Emotions Psychological intervention Breast Neoplasms Qualitative property Grounded theory Breast cancer Internal medicine Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Spirituality Cooperative Behavior Marriage Mid-Atlantic Region Qualitative Research African american Descriptive statistics business.industry Social Support Middle Aged medicine.disease Black or African American Family medicine Quality of Life Female business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Oncology Nursing Forum. 32:979-987 |
| ISSN: | 1538-0688 0190-535X |
| DOI: | 10.1188/05.onf.979-987 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the process of coping with breast cancer among African American women and their spouses. DESIGN Exploratory, qualitative study using grounded theory methods. SETTING Large metropolitan area in the mid-Atlantic United States. SAMPLE 12 African American couples (N = 24). METHODS African American women and their spouses were asked to complete a background data sheet and participate in a face-to-face semistructured interview. Qualitative data were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Themes were identified using the constant comparative method. Quantitative data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES The process of coping with breast cancer among African American couples. FINDINGS The basic social concern was living through and beyond a breast cancer diagnosis. The core variable was merging strengths to cope with and survive a breast cancer diagnosis. Six main categories emerged to describe how African American couples actively worked together to cope with a breast cancer diagnosis: walking together, praying together, seeking together, trusting together, adjusting together, and being together. CONCLUSIONS African American couples described the importance of combining their strengths and working together as a couple to cope with a breast cancer diagnosis. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING Nurses must understand the importance of developing culturally sensitive and culturally relevant interventions to assist African American couples with effectively coping with a breast cancer diagnosis. When providing care to African American couples, nurses should incorporate the six categories of walking, praying, seeking, trusting, adjusting, and being together to help couples cope with the various phases of the breast cancer experience. |
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