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Tonåringar och unga vuxnas erfarenheter av att leva med en cancersjukdom: en litteraturöversikt
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Health Care Sciences.
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Department of Health Care Sciences.
2017 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Teenager and young adults’ experience of living with cancer : a literature review (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Varje år drabbas 800 tonåringar och unga vuxna av cancer i Sverige. Unga människor ställs inför många utmaningar i både diagnos och utveckling och deras unika upplevelse av att leva med cancer har ingen stor plats i tidigare forskning.

Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att belysa tonåringar och unga vuxnas erfarenheter av en cancersjukdom.

Metod: Litteraturöversikten är baserad på elva vårdvetenskapliga artiklar: sju kvalitativa studier och fyra kvantitativa studier. En övergripande analys enligt Friberg (2017) har använts i denna översikt, den består av reduktion, analys och tematisering. Resultatet av detta presenterades i form av sex teman.

Resultat: Resultatet presenteras i sex teman; Trötthet; Förlust av kontroll; Normalitet; Psykisk hälsa; Socialt stöd och relationer; samt Den förändrade kroppen. Resultatet i denna litteraturöversikt visar att unga med cancer erfar utmaningar gällande den fysiska kroppen och dess begränsningar, psykiska utmaningar, samt gällande de sociala relationerna. De upplevde också sig förlora kontrollen då de kände sig maktlösa inför den vård och behandling de genomgick. Vidare visade resultatet att unga också uppfattat cancerdiagnosen och behandling som positiv då den gett dem en annorlunda syn på livet och sig själva. Studien påvisade också dessa patienter upplever isolering samt hur viktigt de upplever det att bibehålla sina sociala kontakter.

Diskussion: Författarna valde att använda Calista Roys adaptionsmodell i resultatdiskussionen för att redogöra vilka anpassningsmetoder de unga människorna använder sig av när de ställs inför t.ex. utmaningar som trötthet, kontrollförlust och ångest samt oro.

Abstract [en]

Background: Every year in Sweden 800 teenagers and young adults are diagnosed with cancer. Young people face many challenges during this period concerning development and diagnosis and their unique experiences have not been researched enough.

Aim: The aim of this literature review was to illustrate adolescent and young adults’ experiences of a cancerous disease.

Method: Eleven scientific articles were used in this study; seven articles are qualitative, four are quantitative. The articles are analyzed and categorized into six themes based on their findings. An overviewing analyze according to Friberg (2017) was used. It consists of reduction, analyze and categorization.

Results: This study identifies the following six themes: Fatigue; Loss of Control; Normality; Psychological Health; Social Support and Relations; and Changed Appearance. The findings of this study shows that adolescents and young adults with cancer experience challenges when it comes to the body and its limitations, mental health and challenges within the changed relationships. They also experienced loss of control when it comes to the care and treatment. This review also shows that the young people with cancer experience the disease and the treatment as positive due to the fact that it gives them a different view on their self and life. It also shows that these patients experience isolation and that they find it important to have social connections during the treatment.

Discussion: The authors chose the adaptation model by Callista Roy in the discussion to further describe the coping methods used by adolescents and young adults with cancer.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 41
Keywords [en]
Adolescents, Young adults, Cancer
Keywords [sv]
Tonåringar, Unga vuxna, Cancer
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-6584OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-6584DiVA, id: diva2:1176501
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing
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Medicine
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Available from: 2018-01-23 Created: 2018-01-22 Last updated: 2018-01-23Bibliographically approved

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