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Stöd för fysisk aktivitet till kvinnor som får kurativ behandling vid bröstcancer: en explorativ intervjustudie med patienter och fysioterapeuter
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare.
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Physical activity support for women receiving curative breast cancer treatment : an exploratory interview study with patients and physiotherapists (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Enligt Världshälsoorganisationens rekommendationer för fysisk aktivitet, bör vuxna med cancer följa samma rekommendationer som friska. Det är dock få som uppnår detta i samband med cancerbehandling trots studier som visar på flertalet fördelar. Det behövs mer kunskap om hur de som inte uppnår rekommendationerna kan stödjas.

Syftet: Att utforska fysiskt inaktiva kvinnors samt fysioterapeuters uppfattning om vad som skulle kunna stödja kvinnor med bröstcancer att utöva fysisk aktivitet under pågående kurativ onkologisk behandling.

Metod: Explorativ intervjustudie där sju individer intervjuades med semistrukturerade intervjuer, tre kvinnor med bröstcancer och fyra fysioterapeuter verksamma inom området. Intervjuerna spelades in och transkriberades. Dataanalysen genomfördes med induktiv kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Resultat: Analysen resulterade i två kategorier som byggs upp av tre subkategorier från intervjuerna med kvinnor med bröstcancer. Från intervjuerna med fysioterapeuterna identifierades tre kategorier. Kategorierna är desamma som subkategorierna.

Slutsats: Samtliga kvinnor uttrycker på olika sätt vikten av ett socialt stöd för att motivera till och underlätta utövande av fysisk aktivitet. Fysioterapeuterna beskriver att deras interventioner upplevs ge kvinnorna en ökad trygghet och bekräftelse. 

Abstract [en]

Background: According to the World Health Organization's recommendations for physical activity, adults with cancer should follow the same recommendations as healthy people. However, few achieve this during cancer treatment, despite studies that show a number of benefits. More knowledge is currently needed on how to support those who do not meet the recommendations.

Aim: To explore the perception of physically inactive women and physiotherapists about what could support women with breast cancer to exercise during ongoing curative oncological treatment.

Method: Exploratory interview study where seven individuals were interviewed with semi-structured interviews, three women with breast cancer and four physiotherapists active in the field. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The data analysis was implemented with inductive qualitative content analysis.

Results: The analysis resulted in two categories that are made up of three subcategories from the interviews with women with breast cancer. From the interviews with the physiotherapists, three categories were identified. The categories are the same as the subcategories.

Conclusion: All women express in different ways the importance of social support to motivate and facilitate the implementation of physical activity. The physiotherapists describe that their interventions are perceived to give the women increased security and confirmation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022.
Keywords [en]
breast cancer, exercise, motivation, physical inactivity, physiotherapists
Keywords [sv]
bröstcancer, fysioterapeuter, fysisk inaktivitet, motivation, träning
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Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-42708OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-42708DiVA, id: diva2:1696200
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Physiotherapy
Available from: 2022-09-15 Created: 2022-09-15 Last updated: 2025-10-09

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