Martin-McDonald Kristine, Rogers-Clark Cath, Hegney Desley, McCarthy Alexandra, Pearce Susanne
Centre of Rural and Remote Area Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Int J Nurs Pract. 2003 Jun;9(3):176-82. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2003.00421.x.
This paper explores the issues related to rural people with cancer whose choice of radiotherapy treatment necessitated travel and accommodation in a metropolitan centre. Semi-structured interviews with 46 participants, from the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, were conducted and the data thematically analysed. The specific themes identified were: being away from loved ones, maintaining responsibilities whilst undergoing treatment, emotional stress, burden on significant others, choice about radiotherapy as a treatment, travel and accommodation, and financial burden. This study supports the need for a radiotherapy centre in the location of Toowoomba as a way of providing some equity and access to such treatment for the rural people of Queensland.
本文探讨了农村癌症患者的相关问题，这些患者因选择放射治疗而需要前往大城市中心就医并住宿。研究对来自澳大利亚昆士兰州图文巴和达令唐斯地区的46名参与者进行了半结构化访谈，并对数据进行了主题分析。确定的具体主题包括：与亲人分离、治疗期间承担责任、情绪压力、对重要他人的负担、放射治疗作为一种治疗方式的选择、旅行和住宿以及经济负担。本研究支持在图文巴设立放射治疗中心的必要性，以此为昆士兰州农村居民提供某种公平性并使其能够获得此类治疗。
