TITLE:
A Qualitative Study on the Negative Emotions of Mothers during Chemotherapy of Their Children with Malignant Brain Tumors
AUTHORS:
Zhihuan Zhou, Lan Bai, Qinqin Zhao
KEYWORDS:
Children, Brain Tumor, Mother, Negative Emotions, Qualitative Study
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.12 No.1,
January
14,
2021
ABSTRACT: Objective: To explore the negative emotions of mothers during chemotherapy of their
children with malignant brain tumors. Methods: The phenomenological
method for qualitative studies was adopted; convenience sampling was used to
conduct semi-structured interviews to the mothers of 9 children with malignant
brain tumors who received chemotherapy from June 2019 to December 2019; the
Colaizzi 7-step analytical method was implemented to collate and analyze the
original data. Results: The results were summarized into six subjects:
stressed, exhausted because of trying to control everything in home care, prone to excessive care, financially
burdened, desperate for knowledge of patient care, and desperate for
psychosocial support. Conclusions: Understanding
the real experiences and inner feelings of mothers during chemotherapy
of their children with malignant brain tumors is helpful for medical staff to learn about the psychological distress
and needs of mothers of children with malignant brain tumors, so as to
give them psychological support and even social support, and help the mothers
and the families of children with malignant brain tumors get through a special
period.