Qualitative study of body quality management experience in overweight or obese patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the experience of body quality management in overweight or obese patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy, and to provide reference for formulating targeted nursing interventions.Methods:This study was a phenomenological study of qualitative research. Objective selected 10 obese patients with breast cancer from breast surgery of Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University and the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University to conduct semi-structured interviews during chemotherapy from March to May 2023. Colaizzi 7-step analysis method was used to sort out and analyze the data and extract the theme.Results:The average age of 10 overweight or obese breast cancer patients was 43.2 years. Three themes and eight subthemes were extracted, including insufficient motivation of body quality management (insufficient cognition, insufficient drive, insufficient motivation), disturbing experience of body quality management (uncertainty of disease, symptom distress during chemotherapy, inability to identify the correctness of information), regulation and support of body quality management (mastering correct methods of body quality regulation and support in all aspects).Conclusions:The motivation of body quality management in overweight or obese patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy is insufficient and there are many problems. Medical staff can take effective measures from clarifying the significance of body quality management, providing targeted information support, establishing a good social support system and providing effective body quality management guidance, so as to improve the effectiveness of body quality management in obese patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy.