Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience

Background: This study aimed to explore the subjective experience of nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy treatment among breast cancer patients and the impacts on their daily lives. Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted in breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy and ha...

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Main Authors:	Zakaria, Noor Salihah, Mamat, Nik Mazlan, Lua, Pei Lin
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Dove Medical Press Ltd. 2016
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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spelling	iium-515752017-10-11T08:34:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51575/ Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience Zakaria, Noor Salihah Mamat, Nik Mazlan Lua, Pei Lin R Medicine (General) RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology Background: This study aimed to explore the subjective experience of nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy treatment among breast cancer patients and the impacts on their daily lives. Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted in breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy and had experienced nausea and/or vomiting. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using content analysis based on Giorgi’s method. Results: Of 15 patients who participated, 13 were included in the final analysis (median age =46 years, interquartile range [IQR] =6.0; all were Malays). Vomiting was readily expressed as the “act of throwing up”, but nausea was a symptom that was difficult to describe. Further exploration found great individual variation in patterns, intensity, and impact of these chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) symptoms. While not all patients expressed CINV as bothersome, most patients described the symptom as quite distressing. CINV was reported to affect many aspects of patients’ lives particularly eating, physical, emotional, and social functioning, but the degree of impacts was unique to each patient. One of the important themes that emerged was the increase in worship practices and “faith in God” among Malay Muslim patients when dealing with these adverse effects. Conclusion: CINV continues to be a problem that adversely affects the daily lives of patients, hence requiring better understandings from the health care professionals on patients’ needs and concerns when experiencing this symptom. Dove Medical Press Ltd. 2016-04-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51575/1/2016_JMDH-97695-chemotherapy-induced-nausea-and-vomiting--cinv---exploring-p_040416.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51575/4/51575_Chemotherapy-induced%20nausea_SCOPUS.pdf Zakaria, Noor Salihah and Mamat, Nik Mazlan and Lua, Pei Lin (2016) Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 9 (4). pp. 145-151. ISSN 1178-2390 https://www.dovepress.com/chemotherapy-induced-nausea-and-vomiting-exploring-patientsrsquo-subje-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDH 10.2147/JMDH.S97695
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description	Background: This study aimed to explore the subjective experience of nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy treatment among breast cancer patients and the impacts on their daily lives. Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted in breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy and had experienced nausea and/or vomiting. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using content analysis based on Giorgi’s method. Results: Of 15 patients who participated, 13 were included in the final analysis (median age =46 years, interquartile range [IQR] =6.0; all were Malays). Vomiting was readily expressed as the “act of throwing up”, but nausea was a symptom that was difficult to describe. Further exploration found great individual variation in patterns, intensity, and impact of these chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) symptoms. While not all patients expressed CINV as bothersome, most patients described the symptom as quite distressing. CINV was reported to affect many aspects of patients’ lives particularly eating, physical, emotional, and social functioning, but the degree of impacts was unique to each patient. One of the important themes that emerged was the increase in worship practices and “faith in God” among Malay Muslim patients when dealing with these adverse effects. Conclusion: CINV continues to be a problem that adversely affects the daily lives of patients, hence requiring better understandings from the health care professionals on patients’ needs and concerns when experiencing this symptom.
format	Article
author	Zakaria, Noor Salihah Mamat, Nik Mazlan Lua, Pei Lin
author_facet	Zakaria, Noor Salihah Mamat, Nik Mazlan Lua, Pei Lin
author_sort	Zakaria, Noor Salihah
title	Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience
title_short	Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience
title_full	Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience
title_fullStr	Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience
title_full_unstemmed	Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience
title_sort	chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience
publisher	Dove Medical Press Ltd.
publishDate	2016
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Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: exploring patients’ subjective experience

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