The experience of massage during chemotherapy treatment in breast cancer patients.

Billhult, AnnikaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för arbetsterapi, audiologi och fysioterapi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Audiology, Logopedics, Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy (author)

This study aimed to describe the experience of massage for breast cancer patients during chemotherapy treatment. Ten patients received massage at five occasions. They were interviewed and analysis was conducted using Giorgi's ideas of phenomenological research. The essential meaning of getting massage during chemotherapy was described as a retreat from the feeling of uneasiness toward chemotherapy. Results revealed five themes: the patients experienced distraction from the frightening experience, a turn from negative to positive, a sense of relaxation, a confirmation of caring, and finally they just felt good. In conclusion, the findings of this study show that massage offered a retreat from uneasy, unwanted, negative feelings connected with chemotherapy treatment. It is a treatment that can be added to the arsenal of treatment choices available to the oncological staff.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper Fysiologi hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Basic Medicine Physiology hsv//eng
Adult
Breast Neoplasms
drug therapy
nursing
psychology
therapy
Drug Therapy
nursing
psychology
Empathy
Female
Humans
Massage
Middle Aged
Relaxation Techniques
Stress
Psychological
prevention & control

Stener-Victorin, Elisabet,1964Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology(Swepub:gu)xsteel (author)
Bergbom, Ingegerd,1947Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa,Institute of Health and Care Sciences(Swepub:gu)xbergi (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för arbetsterapi, audiologi och fysioterapi (creator_code:org_t)

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