Andersson Camilla, Röing Marta, Tiblom Ehrsson Ylva, Johansson Birgitta
Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2017 Aug;29:85-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2017.05.009. Epub 2017 Jun 6.
This study aimed to explore how patients with head and neck cancer experienced undergoing an F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positrons emissions tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) examination in a fixation mask.
Interviews were conducted with nine patients with known or suspected head and neck cancer who were scheduled for the examination for the first time. The phenomenological method according to van Manen and his four lifeworld existentials; lived space, lived body, lived time, and lived relation was used to analyse the interviews.
The thoughts and feelings of the patients during the PET/CT examination varied, some found it very difficult, while others did not. However, for all the patients, it was an experience that required some form of coping to maintain composure for example distraction.
PET/CT examnation in a fixation mask may be strenuous for some patients. Patients need more detailed information, including suggestions for coping behaviours, prior to the examination, as well as higher level of support during and after the examination. The results of this study may be used to improve patient care and optimize the procedure of PET/CT examination in a fixation mask.
本研究旨在探讨头颈癌患者在使用固定面罩进行氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描（F-FDG PET/CT）检查时的体验。
对9例首次计划进行该检查的已知或疑似头颈癌患者进行访谈。采用范曼恩的现象学方法及其四个生活世界存在要素，即生活空间、生活身体、生活时间和生活关系，对访谈进行分析。
患者在PET/CT检查期间的想法和感受各不相同，一些人觉得非常困难，而另一些人则不然。然而，对所有患者来说，这都是一种需要某种形式应对方式来保持镇定的经历，例如分散注意力。
对一些患者而言，使用固定面罩进行PET/CT检查可能很费力。患者在检查前需要更详细的信息，包括应对行为的建议，以及检查期间和检查后的更高水平的支持。本研究结果可用于改善患者护理，并优化使用固定面罩进行PET/CT检查的流程。
