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Qualitative
Commonalities were found in meanings, situations, and life experiences of women who survived breast cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.1.31

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    Thibodeau J, MacRae J. Breast cancer survival: A phenomenological inquiry. Adv Nurs Sci 1997 Jun; 19 : 65 –74. OpenUrlPubMed

    Objective

    To describe the experience of adult women who survive diagnosis and treatment of localised breast cancer without recurrence for at least 3 years.

    Design

    Multicase, comparative situational analysis using Schutz's interpretation of phenomenology as the theoretical framework.

    Setting

    Rural, suburban, and urban areas of northeast Connecticut, USA.

    Patients

    45 white women who survived breast cancer for at least 3 years with no evidence of recurrence or metastases. Age at diagnosis ranged from 29–75 years, and years of survival since diagnosis ranged from 3–31. 20 women were diagnosed before the age of 50 and 6 before the age of 40. More than half the women with mastectomies had bilateral breast cancers.

    Methods

    An in depth interview and a follow up interview were done with each participant in her home. A dialectic was formed in which emic (one …

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    Footnotes

    • Sources of funding: Hartford Hospital Research Foundation; Connecticut Nurses Foundation; Sigma Theta Tau, Mu chapter, USA.

    • For article reprint: Professor J Thibodeau, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA. Fax +1 860 486 0001.