Broken yet Brave: Arabic Women's Experience of a Breast Cancer Diagnosis.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-14 DOI:10.1177/10436596241259208

Rawan Alsababha, Fiona McDermid, Rebecca O'Reilly, Judy Mannix, Kath Peters

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Abstract

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Arabic women and is often diagnosed in advanced stages, resulting in an increased likelihood of requiring a mastectomy. Despite this, there is a lack of contemporary literature exploring Arabic women's experiences of breast cancer and its sequelae.

Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted between 2019 and 2022 of Arabic women diagnosed with breast cancer. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis as described by Braun and Clark.

Results: Two main themes were identified: (a) Broken yet brave describes participants' experiences when diagnosed and (b) Making decisions about treatment and experiences of support detailing their lack of decision-making autonomy and perceptions of support.

Discussion: Arabic women believe in the concept of fate and faith, and their cultural conditioning is to prioritize family over themselves, often with limited support. They lack autonomy in decision-making due to the patriarchal society they live in.

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破碎而勇敢：阿拉伯妇女诊断乳腺癌的经历。

简介乳腺癌是阿拉伯妇女最常见的癌症，通常在晚期才被确诊，因此需要进行乳房切除术的可能性增加。尽管如此，当代仍缺乏探讨阿拉伯妇女乳腺癌及其后遗症经历的文献：在 2019 年至 2022 年期间，对确诊患有乳腺癌的阿拉伯妇女进行了半结构式访谈。按照布劳恩和克拉克的描述，采用主题分析法对数据进行了分析：结果：确定了两大主题：(a) Broken yet brave 描述了参与者在确诊时的经历；(b) Making decisions about treatment and experiences of support 详细描述了她们缺乏决策自主权和对支持的看法：阿拉伯妇女相信命运和信仰的概念，她们的文化习惯是优先考虑家庭而不是自己，通常得到的支持也很有限。由于生活在父权制社会中，她们缺乏决策自主权。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.