Experience of Recurrent/Advanced Cancer Patients Receiving Outpatient Cancer Rehabilitation

Utae Katsushima; Yoshie Imai; Rieko Hashimoto; Emi Miki; Hiromi Arahori; Yuta Inoue; Kimitaka Hase

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Experience of Recurrent/Advanced Cancer Patients Receiving Outpatient Cancer Rehabilitation

VernacularTitle:外来でがんリハビリテーションを受ける再発・進行がん患者の経験
Author: Utae KATSUSHIMA ¹ ; Yoshie IMAI ² ; Rieko HASHIMOTO ³ ; Emi MIKI ⁴ ; Hiromi ARAHORI ⁵ ; Yuta INOUE ² ; Kimitaka HASE ¹
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1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kansai Medical University
2. Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School
3. Faculty of Nursing, Kansai Medical University
4. Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kansai Medical University
5. Faculty of Nursing, Tokushima Bunri University
Keywords: outpatient; cancer rehabilitation; recurrent/advanced cancer patients; experience
From:Palliative Care Research 2022;17(4):127-134
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: The aim of this study was to clarify the experience of recurrent/advanced cancer patients receiving outpatient cancer rehabilitation and evaluate true endpoints of cancer rehabilitation. The study was conducted by semi-structured interviews of 13 recurrent/advanced patients undergoing cancer rehabilitation during cancer chemotherapy. Six categories were extracted: [Finding the physical condition suitable for me] [Being unable to find movements that I can effectively utilize myself] [Being able to continue normal everyday life] [Showing people around me that I can still move] [Having fun actively moving my body] [Gives meaning to my present “living”]. Cancer rehabilitation is considered to give patients with recurrent/advanced cancer a chance to adapt to their present predicament by helping them re-establish the meaning, value, and objective of living. These results suggest that acquiring mastery can be a new endpoint of cancer rehabilitation.