Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA.
St. John's University, USA.
J Health Psychol. 2020 Apr;25(5):713-726. doi: 10.1177/1359105318769366. Epub 2018 Apr 24.
This qualitative study examined adolescent and young adult survivors' perceptions of support from family and peers. A total of 26 survivors, aged 16-24 years, who had been diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 14 and 18, participated in semi-structured interviews. Three themes emerged for support: practical support, emotional support, and new sense of closeness. For lack of support, two themes emerged: absence during treatment and lack of understanding about appearance changes. These findings emphasize the perceived importance of family and peer support throughout adolescent and young adults' cancer trajectories and indicate a need for interventions to help adolescent and young adult develop and maintain support networks throughout treatment and survivorship.
本定性研究探讨了青少年和青年癌症幸存者对来自家庭和同龄人的支持的看法。共有 26 名年龄在 16-24 岁之间的幸存者参与了半结构化访谈，他们在 14 至 18 岁之间被诊断出患有癌症。支持方面出现了三个主题：实际支持、情感支持和新的亲密感。由于缺乏支持，出现了两个主题：治疗期间的缺失和对外观变化的不理解。这些发现强调了在青少年和青年癌症轨迹中家庭和同伴支持的感知重要性，并表明需要干预措施来帮助青少年和青年在治疗和生存期间发展和维持支持网络。
