乳腺癌幸存者的心血管护理在治疗中对他们的心血管护理的看法:定性分析
Arnethea L Sutton1,2, Ashley Turner1, America Vijil1
1Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Cancer medicine
|August 6, 2025
概括
黑人和白人乳腺癌幸存者有类似的感知护理经验,但在家庭参与和心脏健康信息时间方面出现了差异. 增强文化敏感的沟通对于不同患者群体至关重要.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 心血管疾病 (CVD) 是乳腺癌幸存者死亡的主要原因.
- 黑人和白人女性之间存在心血管疾病结果的种族差异.
研究的目的:
- 评估乳腺癌幸存者对心脏健康资源和沟通的看法.
- 在心脏毒性治疗期间评估这些感知中的种族差异.
主要方法:
- 与乳腺癌幸存者进行的半结构面试的定性分析.
- 采访重点讨论了癌症治疗,心血管疾病风险和心脏健康行为的讨论.
- 转录的采访被使用Dedoose定性软件编码.
主要成果:
- 采访了17名幸存者 (9名白人,8名黑人);大多数人都有高收入和教育.
- 88%的人回忆起接受了心脏健康信息;大多数人接受了trastuzumab.
- 当家庭参与时,黑人幸存者报告了更积极的经历;白人幸存者报告了更积极的整体经历.
结论:
- 黑人和白人幸存者之间在感知护理方面没有明显的差异.
- 观察到社区支持和心脏健康信息的时间有显著差异.
- 医疗保健沟通需要加强,特别是在文化多样化的群体中.
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