Abstract

The purposes of this study were to describe, in-depth, the experience of recurrent breast cancer and to explore methodologies consistent with a conceptual orientation based in the Complex Nonlinear Dynamical Systems perspective and transitions. A single case study, longitudinal design was used. Eleven interviews were conducted over a three-month period. Daily Symptom Distress Scale scores and bi-weekly Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale scores were obtained. Interviews were analyzed using narrative analysis based on coherence structure, and scores were graphed individually for the entire time period and for each interview period.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9818379; ProQuest document ID: 304367118. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Sally Louise Maliski, PhD, RN, FAAN

Sigma Membership

Delta

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Grounded Theory

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

Breast Cancer, Symptom Distress, Patient Experience

Advisor

Barbara Germino

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Degree Year

1997

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2019-03-29

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