Oncology Nurses’ Communication Challenges During Caring for Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Content Analysis Study

Background: Establishing appropriate communication with cancer patients is necessary to make decisions for them and involve them in the care process to prevent the adverse consequences of cancer treatment. Thus, the qualitative study on the challenges experienced by oncology nurses can lead to a better understanding of these challenges and help these nurses acquire advanced communication skills. Objectives: This study was conducted to explain the communication challenges experienced by oncology nurses during providing care to cancer patients by applying a qualitative content analysis approach. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted with the participation of 18 nurses who were selected by the purposive sampling method, working in the oncology departments of Iran’s hospitals in 2021. Semi-structured interviews were held for data collection. After transcribing the interviews, data analysis was performed using the Granheim and Landman (2004) method. The MAXQDA software (2020) was used for data management. The criteria proposed by Lincoln and Guba were used to assure data accuracy and reliability. Results: Thirty subcategories, eight categories, and four themes were extracted following data analysis. The themes included the nurse’s close relationship with cancer patients as a double-edged sword, curvy and sinusoidal professional communication for oncology nurses, relationship with an opposite-gender patient as a missing factor in nursing care, and marginalization of relationships during the coronavirus pandemic. Conclusions: Nurses’ challenges in communicating with cancer patients can be reduced by improving their communication skills via various strategies, including empowering nurses by employing cognitive empathy and using communication models such as the Comfort model.

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The perceptions of nurses, patients and family members regarding nurses' empathetic behaviours towards patients suffering from cancer: a descriptive qualitative study

Journal of Research in Nursing ◽

10.1177/1744987118756945 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 428-443 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elaheh Ashouri ◽

Fariba Taleghani ◽

Mehrdad Memarzadeh ◽

Morteza Saburi ◽

Fatemeh Babashahi

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Nursing Care ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Family Members ◽

Oncology Nurses ◽

Inductive Approach ◽

Depth Interviews

Background Although evidence suggests that empathic behaviour is an essential component in nursing care that affects the psychological distress experienced by cancer patients, it remains a neglected issue in nursing in Iran. Methods: This study was conducted on 33 participants selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and were then analysed using qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. Findings: Three categories of data thus emerged, comprising: (a) empathetic attention; (b) empathetic presence; and (c) the facilitators of empathetic behaviour. Conclusions: The findings can help oncology nurses provide more empathetic care to patients and their family members.

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Experience of Women with High-Risk Pregnancy Regarding Receiving Prenatal Care in COVID-19 Pandemic: a Qualitative Content Analysis

10.21203/rs.3.rs-646471/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

kobra Mirzakhani ◽

Nahid Jahani Shorab ◽

Azam Akbari ◽

Talaat Khadivzadeh

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

High Risk ◽

Data Collection ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Prenatal Care ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

High Risk Pregnancy ◽

Psychological Responses ◽

Risk Pregnancy

Abstract Background: As a global health threat, the COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on maternity care reception in mothers with high-risk pregnancies. Women with high-risk pregnancies are among the most vulnerable groups that require additional precautionary measures against the spread of Covid-19 plus receiving prenatal care. Due to limited information on the status of prenatal care in women with high-risk pregnancies, a qualitative study was conducted to explore the perceptions and experiences of women with high-risk pregnancy regarding receiving prenatal care reception during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: The present qualitative study was conducted on mothers with high-risk pregnancies from September 2020 to March 2021. Purposeful sampling continued until achieving data saturation. Ghaem, Ommolbanin, and Imam Reza (AS) government and educational hospitals in Mashhad served as the research environment. Face-to-face and semi-structured interviews were effective data collection methods. Each interview lasted between 20 to 45 minutes (on average 30). The total number of participants was 31. Data analysis was carried out simultaneously with data collection using the qualitative content analysis method developed by Granheim and Landman (2004).Results: Following data analysis and reduction, eight subcategories and three main categories were identified. These included “Negative psychological responses,” “Thinking-based behavior against double danger,” and” Adjustment of health services in the mutual protection”.Conclusion: Receiving prenatal care in women with high-risk pregnancies is associated with challenges in women in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This causes negative psychological responses and affects their health-seeking behaviors. Preventive and supportive care can lead to optimum prenatal care for women with high-risk pregnancies focusing on COVID-19 prevention and minimizing pregnancy risk and complications.

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Explanation of Nursing Experiences of Hospital Accreditation Implementation

10.21203/rs.3.rs-254490/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mahnaz Atapour ◽

Nahid Dehghan Nayeri

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Large Population ◽

Implementation Process ◽

Systematic Evaluation ◽

Teaching Hospitals ◽

Hospital Accreditation

Abstract Background: Hospital Accreditation is defined as the systematic evaluation of hospital against explicit standards. In the implementation of accreditation, nursing staff, due to their large population, and their direct and continuous performance in providing services, have a key role in the development of this program. However, nurses confront with some challenges in this regard. Considering that quantitative research cannot show the depth and richness of the implementation process and the effects of the accreditation program in hospitals; Therefore, this qualitative study and content analysis was conducted to explain the experiences of nurses regarding the implementation of the hospital accreditation programs. Methods: The present study is a qualitative study using conventional qualitative content analysis method that was conducted in two teaching hospitals in Tabriz. In this study, in-depth semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with eligible participants. Data analysis was performed through content analysis based on Granheim and Landman model.Results: In this study, data analysis resulted in the extraction of 4 categories of structure, execution, education and attitude, and 8 subcategories regarding the nurses' experiences of implementing the accreditation programs.Discussion: The results of this study showed that the implementation of the accreditation process is affected by many factors. Therefore, knowing more about these factors and using the experiences of staff involved in this process, have significant impacts on its better implementation.

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Explaining the Care Experiences of Mothers of Children with Hirschsprung’s Disease: A Qualitative Study

Global Pediatric Health ◽

10.1177/2333794x211015520 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 2333794X2110155

Author(s):

Hourieh Abbasiasl ◽

Ashrafalsadat Hakim ◽

Kourosh Zarea

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Hirschsprung's Disease ◽

Hirschsprung’S Disease ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Content Analysis Method ◽

Centered Care ◽

Care Improvement

Hirschsprung’s disease is a gastrointestinal anomalies that disrupts excretion. In this disease, like other chronic diseases; mothers undergo a lot of care. Considering the concept of nursing care, it is important to understand the care and its effects on the parents, the child, and care improvement. The purpose of this study is to understand the care experiences of parents of children with Hirschsprung’s disease. In this qualitative study which was performed by content analysis approach, 12 participants were selected from mothers of children with Hirschsprung’s disease who were referred to pediatric surgeries through purposeful sampling. The data collection method was a half-structured interview. All interviews were recorded and then were handwritten word by word and data were analyzed using Elo and Kyngas qualitative content analysis method. Data analysis began from the time of the first interview and in parallel to the next interviews (simultaneous analysis). At the beginning, the first-level coding was done. Data analysis led to the emergence of 3 main themes: “erosion care, socio-economic challenges, acceptance, and position-matching,” and each of the themes included several sub-themes. The results of this study showed that parents of children with Hirschsprung despaired of concern and suffering from care which these suffers included physical, psychological, social, and material dimensions, but was also associated with satisfaction and acceptance of the disease. These findings emphasize that one of the most important tasks of nurses in clinical institutions, especially in relation to these children, is to provide proper family-centered care.

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Content Analysis of Stories for Preschoolers About Honesty

Education Quarterly Reviews ◽

10.31014/aior.1993.04.03.360 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Sibel Dal ◽

◽

Cemil Öztep ◽

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Document Analysis ◽

Values Education ◽

Study Data ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Positive Outcomes ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

National Education

The purpose of this study is to examine how selected stories, which are written in Turkish by local or foreign authors for preschoolers, deal with honesty. In this basic interpretive qualitative study, data were collected through document analysis and analyzed through content analysis. Analyzed documents are twenty-one picture books, which written in Turkish for preschoolers published between 2004 and 2015, nine stories about honesty published online by four Turkish Provincial Directorates of National Education and one story about honesty published online by the Center for Values Education. The software NVivo 11 was used to conduct computer-assisted data analysis. The results of this study demonstrate that most of the analyzed texts use “dishonesty and its negative consequences” more than “honesty and its positive outcomes” to promote honesty.

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WUJUD PERSUASI DAN RESPON KAUM MILENIAL DI MEDIA SOSIAL FACEBOOK PADA PILPRES 2019 (THE FORM OF PERSUASION AND MILENNIALS RESPOND IN FACEBOOK SOCIAL MEDIA IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2019)

JURNAL BAHASA, SASTRA DAN PEMBELAJARANNYA ◽

10.20527/jbsp.v10i2.9371 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 117

Author(s):

Indrawati Indrawati

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Presidential Election ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Data Checking ◽

Existing Data

The Form of Persuasion and Milennials Respon in Facebook Social Media inPresidential Election 2019. This research aims to reveal how the persuasion andresponse of millennials on social media Facebook in the 2019 presidentialelection. This research uses methods of qualitative content analysis. The data theauthor takes is data on Facebook social media from February to April 2019. Formof data in the form of sentences that have a persuasion message used by millennialson social media Facebook in the presidential election 2019. The source of thisresearch data observations directly on social media Facebook which thenresearchers Screenshoot. Data analysis is done in several ways, namely: (1)Observation of the sentence upload on Facebook social media, (2) reading andunderstanding sentences that have a persuasion meaning, (3) grouping,identifying, and analyzing existing data, (4) Conclude the results of researchanalysis. Data analysis is done during and after the data is collected. This researchimplements triangulation and data checking to obtain the validity of data. Basedon the research, there are several form of persuasion in uploading sentences ofmillennials in facebook social media in presidential election 2019. Thatpersuasion form are: (1) persuasion form and millennials respond with strongarguments, (2) persuasion form and respond with neutral arguments, (3)persuasion form and millennials respond with weak arguments, (4) persuasionform and millennials respond with peripheral.Key words: persuasion, milenialls, facebook social media AbstrakWujud Persuasi dan Respon Kaum Milenial di Media Sosial Facebook padaPilpres 2019. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungkapkan bagaimana wujud persuasidan respon kaum milenial di media sosial facebook pada pilpres 2019. Penelitianini menggunakan metode analisis isi kualitatif. Data yang penulis ambil adalahdata yang terdapat di media sosial facebook dari bulan Februari sampai denganApril 2019. Wujud data berupa kalimat yang memiliki pesan persuasi yang dipakaikaum milenial di media sosial facebook pada pilpres 2019. Sumber data penelitianini pengamatan langsung di media sosial facebook yang kemudian penelitiscreenshoot. Analisis data dilakukan dengan beberapa cara, yaitu: (1)pengamatan terhadap unggahan kalimat di media sosial facebook, (2) membacadan memahami kalimat yang memiliki makna persuasi, (3) mengelompokkan,mengidentifikasi, dan menganalisis data yang ada, (4) menyimpulkan hasilanalisis penelitian. Analisis data dilakukan selama dan setelah data terkumpul.Penelitian ini menerapkan triangulasi dan pengecekan data untuk memperolehkeabsahan data. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, ditemukan beberapa wujudpersuasi dalam kalimat unggahan kaum mileniual di media sosial facebook padapilpres 2019. Wujud persuasi tersebut meliputi: (1) Wujud persuasi dan responkaum milenial dengan argumen kuat (strong argumens); (2) Wujud persuasi danrespon kaum milenial dengan argumen netral (neutral argumens);(3) Wujudpersuasi dan respon kaum milenial dengan argumen lemah (weak argumens); dan(4) wujud persuasi dan respon kaum milenial dengan argumen sampingan(peripheral).Kata-kata kunci: persuasi, kaum milenial, media sosial facebook

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Different forms of informal coercion in psychiatry – a qualitative study

10.21203/rs.2.17476/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Veikko Pelto-Piri ◽

Lars Kjellin ◽

Ulrika Hylén ◽

Emanuele Valenti ◽

Stefan Priebe

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Focus Group ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Focus Group Interviews ◽

Informal Coercion ◽

Group Interviews

Abstract Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate how mental health professionals describe and reflect upon different forms of informal coercion. Results In a deductive qualitative content analysis of focus group interviews, several examples of persuasion, interpersonal leverage, inducements, and threats were found. Persuasion was sometimes described as being more like a negotiation. Some participants worried about that the use of interpersonal leverage and inducements risked to pass into blackmail in some situations. In a following inductive analysis, three more categories of informal coercion was found: cheating, using a disciplinary style and referring to rules and routines. Participants also described situations of coercion from other stakeholders: relatives and other authorities than psychiatry. The results indicate that informal coercion includes forms that are not obviously arranged in a hierarchy, and that its use is complex with a variety of pathways between different forms before treatment is accepted by the patient or compulsion is imposed.

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Factors Affecting Nurses’ Perceived Organizational Commitment: A Qualitative Study

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science ◽

10.3329/bjms.v18i2.40701 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 303-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Faribah Sepahvand ◽

Foorozan Atashzadeh Shoorideh ◽

Soroor Parvizy ◽

Mansoureh Zagheri Tafreshi

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Nurse Managers ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Medical Science ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Clinical Nurses

Objective: Nurses’ organizational commitment is one of the most important factors that facilitates their professional evolution and influences the method of care provision, quality of care, and patients’ satisfaction. The aim of this study was identified the factors that affect nurses’ perceived organizational commitment. Material and Methods: This qualitative study, conducted on 16 clinical nurses employed in Social Security Hospital of Khorramabad, Iran, during five months from May to September 2015, used deep semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling method was used for the selection of nurses and the data were analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis. Lincoln & Guba’s criteria were used to secure data accuracy and stability. Results: Sixteen subcategories, five categories, and three themes were distilled during content analysis process. The abstracted themes included “organizational factors”, “occupational challenges”, and “contributory management”. Conclusion: Our findings showed that numerous factors present in nurses’ profession and work environment may influence the rate of nurses’ interest and commitment in the hospital and the related organization. Hence, nurse managers can foster the promotion of nurses’ organizational commitment through creating the required suitable conditions. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(2) 2019 p.303-311

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Iterative Thematic Inquiry: A New Method for Analyzing Qualitative Data

International Journal of Qualitative Methods ◽

10.1177/1609406920955118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 ◽

pp. 160940692095511

Author(s):

David L. Morgan ◽

Andreea Nica

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

New Method ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Primary Procedure

Because themes play such a central role in the presentation of qualitative research results, we propose a new method, Iterative Thematic Inquiry (ITI), that is guided by the development of themes. We begin by describing how ITI uses pragmatism as a theoretical basis for linking beliefs, in the form of preconceptions, to actions, in the form of data collection and analysis. Next, we present the four basic phases that ITI relies on: assessing beliefs; building new beliefs through encounters with data; listing tentative themes; and, evaluating themes through coding. We also review several notable differences between ITI and existing methods for qualitative data analysis, such as thematic analysis, grounded theory, and qualitative content analysis. The use of ITI is then illustrated through its application in a study of exiters from fundamentalist religions. Overall, the two most notable features of ITI are that it begins the development of themes as early as possible, through an assessment of initial preconceptions, and that it relies on writing rather than coding, by using a continual revision of tentative results as the primary procedure for generating a final set of themes.

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Ethical misconduct by registered physiotherapists in South Africa (2007–2013): A mixed methods approach

South African Journal of Physiotherapy ◽

10.4102/sajp.v71i1.248 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Willem A. Hoffmann ◽

Nico Nortjé

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Epidemiological Data ◽

Unethical Conduct ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Ethical Misconduct ◽

Patient Consent

Background: The role of ethics in a medical context is to protect the interests of patients. Thus,it is critically important to understand the guilty verdicts related to professional standard breaches and ethics misconduct of physiotherapists.Aim: To analyse the case content and penalties of all guilty verdicts related to ethics misconduct against registered physiotherapists in South Africa.Methods: A mixed methods approach was followed consisting of epidemiological data analysis and qualitative content analysis. The data documents were formal annual lists (2007–2013) of guilty verdicts related to ethical misconduct. Quantitative data analysis focused on annual frequencies of guilty verdicts, transgression categories and the imposed penalties. Qualitative data analysis focused on content analysis of the case content for each guilty verdict.Results: Relatively few physiotherapists (0.05%) are annually found guilty of ethical misconduct. The two most frequent penalties were fines of R5000.00 and fines of R8000.00–R10 000.00. The majority of transgressions involved fraudulent conduct (70.3%), followed by performance of procedures without patient consent (10.8%). Fraudulent conduct involved issuing misleading, inaccurate or false medical statements, and false or inaccurate medical aid scheme claims.Conclusion: Unethical conduct by physiotherapists in South Africa occurs rarely. The majority of penalties imposed on sanctioned physiotherapists were monetary penalties.

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