TY - JOUR
T1 - What facilitates ’patient empowerment’ in cancer patients during follow-up
T2 - a qualitative systematic review of the literature
AU - Jørgensen, Clara R.
AU - Thomsen, Thora G.
AU - Ross, Lone
AU - Dietz, Susanne M.
AU - Therkildsen, Signe
AU - Groenvold, Mogens
AU - Rasmussen, Charlotte L.
AU - Johnsen, Anna T.
PY - 2017/7/30
Y1 - 2017/7/30
N2 - Empowerment is a concept of growing importance in cancer care, but little is known about cancer patients’ experiences of empowerment during follow-up. To explore this area, a qualitative systematic literature review was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. A total of 2,292 papers were identified and 38 articles selected and included in the review. The thematic synthesis of the papers resulted in seven analytical themes being identified: empowerment as an ongoing process, knowledge is power, having an active role, communication and interaction between patients and health care professionals, support from being in a group, religion and spirituality, and gender. Very few articles explicitly explored the empowerment of cancer patients during follow-up, and the review identified a lack of attention to patients’ own understandings of empowerment, a lack of specific focus on empowerment during follow-up, and insufficient attention to collective empowerment, as well as ethnic, social, and gender differences.
AB - Empowerment is a concept of growing importance in cancer care, but little is known about cancer patients’ experiences of empowerment during follow-up. To explore this area, a qualitative systematic literature review was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. A total of 2,292 papers were identified and 38 articles selected and included in the review. The thematic synthesis of the papers resulted in seven analytical themes being identified: empowerment as an ongoing process, knowledge is power, having an active role, communication and interaction between patients and health care professionals, support from being in a group, religion and spirituality, and gender. Very few articles explicitly explored the empowerment of cancer patients during follow-up, and the review identified a lack of attention to patients’ own understandings of empowerment, a lack of specific focus on empowerment during follow-up, and insufficient attention to collective empowerment, as well as ethnic, social, and gender differences.
U2 - 10.1177/1049732317721477
DO - 10.1177/1049732317721477
M3 - Article
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 28
SP - 292
EP - 304
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 2
ER -
