1- Islamic Azad Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ,mb_tajeddin@yahoo.com
3- Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ,
3- Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Introduction: This present study aimed to investigate the quality of life for women with breast cancer in Tehran to provide the necessary background for understanding the subject in the context of social and economic conditions and context.
Methods: The current research is a qualitative study and the method used is grounded theory. The sampling method was purposive and judgmental, with in-depth interviews conducted with 18 women with breast cancer. Sampling continued until all categories were saturated and no new and important data were obtained.
Results: The most important strategies that were concluded in the present study are adaptation to the disease, appropriate education and information, and fighting the disease. In discussing the underlying conditions, important components such as: loss of social status, feeling of rejection and social isolation, and immersion in pain and suffering have been emphasized. Also, components such as lack of social and economic support, inefficiency and poor quality of medical and insurance services, and lack of physical and mental health are considered as causal conditions. According to the findings of the present study, two main categories of reduced self-confidence and self-reliance and impaired self-image have been proposed as intervening conditions. Completing the paradigmatic model chain of the present study based on the grounded theory method are the consequences, which have analyzed the quality of life in three major parts: reduced life satisfaction, feeling of social powerlessness, and lack of purpose and meaning in life.
Conclusion: Women with breast cancer experience poor quality of life due to factors such as lack of social and economic support, inefficiency and poor quality of medical and insurance services, and lack of mental and social health.
Methods: The current research is a qualitative study and the method used is grounded theory. The sampling method was purposive and judgmental, with in-depth interviews conducted with 18 women with breast cancer. Sampling continued until all categories were saturated and no new and important data were obtained.
Results: The most important strategies that were concluded in the present study are adaptation to the disease, appropriate education and information, and fighting the disease. In discussing the underlying conditions, important components such as: loss of social status, feeling of rejection and social isolation, and immersion in pain and suffering have been emphasized. Also, components such as lack of social and economic support, inefficiency and poor quality of medical and insurance services, and lack of physical and mental health are considered as causal conditions. According to the findings of the present study, two main categories of reduced self-confidence and self-reliance and impaired self-image have been proposed as intervening conditions. Completing the paradigmatic model chain of the present study based on the grounded theory method are the consequences, which have analyzed the quality of life in three major parts: reduced life satisfaction, feeling of social powerlessness, and lack of purpose and meaning in life.
Conclusion: Women with breast cancer experience poor quality of life due to factors such as lack of social and economic support, inefficiency and poor quality of medical and insurance services, and lack of mental and social health.
Keywords: Quality of life, social exclusion, reduction of social satisfaction, lack of social dignity, social powerlessness.
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Received: 2023/11/14 | Revised: 2024/12/15 | Accepted: 2024/12/1
Received: 2023/11/14 | Revised: 2024/12/15 | Accepted: 2024/12/1
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