Barriers to Quality of Care for Cancer Patients in Rural Areas: A Study from the Faroe Islands
Birna Mohr Joensen, 1 Sonja Nielsen, 2 Ása Róin 3 1Naina, Recreation Home, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 2Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 3Department of Health and Nursing Science, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe IslandsCorrespondence: Ása Rói...
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ftdovepress:oai:dovepress.com/51213 2023-05-15T16:10:11+02:00 Barriers to Quality of Care for Cancer Patients in Rural Areas: A Study from the Faroe Islands Joensen,Birna Mohr Nielsen,Sonja Róin,Ãsa 2020-01-17 text/html https://www.dovepress.com/barriers-to-quality-of-care-for-cancer-patients-in-rural-areas-a-study-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDH en eng Dove Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2147/JMDH.S233313 https://www.dovepress.com/barriers-to-quality-of-care-for-cancer-patients-in-rural-areas-a-study-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDH info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Original Research info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftdovepress https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S233313 2022-12-27T22:46:01Z Birna Mohr Joensen, 1 Sonja Nielsen, 2 Ása Róin 3 1Naina, Recreation Home, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 2Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 3Department of Health and Nursing Science, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe IslandsCorrespondence: Ása RóinDepartment of Health and Nursing Science, University of the Faroe Islands, P.O. Box 272, 100, Tórshavn, Faroe IslandsTel +298292254Email asar@setur.foIntroduction: Research has indicated that cancer patients living in rural areas receive poorer quality of treatment and care than their urban counterparts. With a population of approximately 51,000, the Faroe Islands may be characterized as a small-scale, rural society. Due to the geographical location and size of the Faroe Islands, patients who live there often receive part of their treatment abroad. Although a shift in the focus of cancer care from a disease-focused approach to a person-centered approach has been successfully implemented elsewhere, legal and structural conditions unique to the Faroe Islands might prohibit the realization of this paradigmatic shift in the Faroe Islands. The aim of this qualitative study was to examine how Faroese cancer patients have experienced their disease, treatment, and care and provide additional knowledge on cancer patients living in small-scale and rural societies.Methods: Five men and three women who had been through a cancer treatment course with a good prognosis volunteered to be interviewed. Their ages varied from 40 to 80 years. “Active interviewing”, a constructionist approach to qualitative interviewing and latent thematic analysis, was applied.Results: Three overlapping themes were identified from the categories: sense of coherence, resources and challenges in everyday life, and trust in the system. The analysis uncovered multiple factors related to legal and structural conditions that were barriers to ensuring the quality of cancer care for patients, for instance, shifting consultants, a lack of coherence in treatment, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Dove Medical Press Asar ENVELOPE(134.033,134.033,68.667,68.667) Faroe Islands Tórshavn ENVELOPE(-6.772,-6.772,62.010,62.010) Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Volume 13 63 70 |
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Birna Mohr Joensen, 1 Sonja Nielsen, 2 Ása Róin 3 1Naina, Recreation Home, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 2Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 3Department of Health and Nursing Science, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe IslandsCorrespondence: Ása RóinDepartment of Health and Nursing Science, University of the Faroe Islands, P.O. Box 272, 100, Tórshavn, Faroe IslandsTel +298292254Email asar@setur.foIntroduction: Research has indicated that cancer patients living in rural areas receive poorer quality of treatment and care than their urban counterparts. With a population of approximately 51,000, the Faroe Islands may be characterized as a small-scale, rural society. Due to the geographical location and size of the Faroe Islands, patients who live there often receive part of their treatment abroad. Although a shift in the focus of cancer care from a disease-focused approach to a person-centered approach has been successfully implemented elsewhere, legal and structural conditions unique to the Faroe Islands might prohibit the realization of this paradigmatic shift in the Faroe Islands. The aim of this qualitative study was to examine how Faroese cancer patients have experienced their disease, treatment, and care and provide additional knowledge on cancer patients living in small-scale and rural societies.Methods: Five men and three women who had been through a cancer treatment course with a good prognosis volunteered to be interviewed. Their ages varied from 40 to 80 years. “Active interviewing”, a constructionist approach to qualitative interviewing and latent thematic analysis, was applied.Results: Three overlapping themes were identified from the categories: sense of coherence, resources and challenges in everyday life, and trust in the system. The analysis uncovered multiple factors related to legal and structural conditions that were barriers to ensuring the quality of cancer care for patients, for instance, shifting consultants, a lack of coherence in treatment, ... |
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