Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing 2012;14(3):182-190.
전립선암 노인의 질병 경험
김양신·한진숙
Lived Experience of Elders with Prostate Cancer
Kim, Yang Sin · Han, Jin Sook
Abstract
Purpose This research was done to determine and analyze the essence and meaning of life for elderly prostate
cancer patients based on their lived experiences during treatment. Methods In-depth individual interviewers collected
data between June and August 2011. The interviewees were 11 elderly men with prostate cancer being
treated in K Hospital. A phenomenological methodology was used and Colaizzi's analysis method was applied
with the suggested, research question, “What is the lived experience of elderly men with prostate cancer?”
Results The categories of the lived experience of elderly men with prostate cancer were identified as follows.
Placid adaptation, Life controlled by urination, Shrinking social life, Losing the meaning of life, Abandonment of
sexual life. Conclusion Elderly men with prostate cancer show placid adaptation, but they have an uncomfortable
life experience because of urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction. Finally they shrink from social life and
they feel all is lost. Therefore, nurses should provide excellent individual nursing care for these patients and make
efforts in multilateral approaches to expand their social support network.
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