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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Grief and Gracefulness Regarding Cancer Experiences Among Young Women
Oncology Nursing Forum 2016 November 2
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To gain a unique perspective of young women with cancer aged 20-39 years who are experiencing challenges with fertility and parenting through analysis of cancer blogs.
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RESEARCH APPROACH: A secondary analysis of online narratives using a focused thematic analysis approach, comparing women who were mothers prior to diagnosis with women who are exploring the possibility of motherhood after diagnosis. .
SETTING: Blogs found through websites and social media venues for young adults with cancer. .
PARTICIPANTS: 10 women aged 20-39 who maintained blogs about their cancer experiences. .
METHODOLOGIC APPROACH: Thematic analysis using line-by-line coding. Construction of comparative themes and meanings were guided by the analytic framework of the stages of grief. .
FINDINGS: Themes emerged along the grieving trajectory of denial (maintaining routines and discussing "eggs"), depression (losing motherhood and anticipatory grief), and acceptance (finding joy moment to moment and hope for pregnancy). .
CONCLUSIONS: Motherhood and infertility are unique experiences for young women with cancer but are expressed similarly through the stages of grief.
INTERPRETATION: Understanding the grief trajectories of young women with cancer will help nurses to develop screening tools and supportive interventions.
RESEARCH APPROACH: A secondary analysis of online narratives using a focused thematic analysis approach, comparing women who were mothers prior to diagnosis with women who are exploring the possibility of motherhood after diagnosis. .
SETTING: Blogs found through websites and social media venues for young adults with cancer. .
PARTICIPANTS: 10 women aged 20-39 who maintained blogs about their cancer experiences. .
METHODOLOGIC APPROACH: Thematic analysis using line-by-line coding. Construction of comparative themes and meanings were guided by the analytic framework of the stages of grief. .
FINDINGS: Themes emerged along the grieving trajectory of denial (maintaining routines and discussing "eggs"), depression (losing motherhood and anticipatory grief), and acceptance (finding joy moment to moment and hope for pregnancy). .
CONCLUSIONS: Motherhood and infertility are unique experiences for young women with cancer but are expressed similarly through the stages of grief.
INTERPRETATION: Understanding the grief trajectories of young women with cancer will help nurses to develop screening tools and supportive interventions.
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