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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2015; 05(01): 048-052
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703863
Original Article

A RESEARCH CRITIQUE ON THE LIVED-IN EXPERIENCES OF PATIENTS SUBJECTED TO CHEMOTHERAPY IN SELECTED HOSPITALS AT CHENNAI

Malarvizhi M.
1   Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Human Genetics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
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Bhavani M.
2   Research Scholar, Department of Human Genetics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
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Abstract

This qualitative study explored the experiences of patients subjected to chemotherapy. The research approach used in this study was phenomenology. Interviews were conducted with fifteen patients subjected to chemotherapy. The study was conducted at selected hospitals at Chennai. From the colaizzi's analysis of the data seven dimensions-eight themes and fifty sub themes were emerged. These findings show that patients subjected to chemotherapy has lot of physical and psychological impacts. There was an association between the socio demographic variables and the lived in experiences of patients subjected to chemotherapy. The association was found between the educational status, type of family and the number of chemotherapy cycle. So, the patients need adequate education on the side effects from the Nurses during each cycle of chemotherapy. Therefore this study is important for nurses working in the cancer unit to make the patient to realize and aware the effects faced by the patients subjected to chemotherapy.

Keywords

Phenomenology - lived experiences - Chemotherapy - colaizzi's


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22. April 2020

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