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Aim: This study aimed to elucidate the process of how adolescent and young adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) become independent while balancing health management and social life with a view to providing long-term support.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 Japanese CCSs aged 16-25 years. The data were then qualitatively analysed using the modified grounded theory approach.Results: Seven "categories" and 35 "concepts" were generated. The connections among these categories and concepts revealed the process of becoming independent while balancing health management and social life. The first phase in the process is "coordination within constraints," which includes "consciousness and worries about deteriorating health" and "adjustments to balance schoolwork and treatment." This phase changes into "challenges to being free and normal" and "release from constraints." Psychological development then occurs as "gratitude toward surrounding people" and "sustenance from experiencing a rare illness." However, CCSs also "face worries about the persistent effects of cancer," including "awareness of the necessity to continue hospital visits even into adulthood." Throug

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Author

Kyoko Miyagishima; Kazuko Ichie; Kimiyoshi Sakaguchi; Yuka Kato

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences (Health Sciences)