Perceptions and Representations of Cancer Chemotherapy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Qualitative study on data from interviews such patients, relatives and doctors involved in the implementation of cancer care. Framework type of method using grounded theory

Detailed Description
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The word chemotherapy itself, because it belongs to the secular knowledge and therefore Doxa is a hard word, which stores what it is stable, common and therefore impersonal. It has the properties of a symbol, that is to say that joint several meanings, some of which are contradictory. The objective of the research: To determine the perceptions and representations of chemotherapy, its physical impacts, psychological and relational. To qualitatively compare the performances of chemotherapy as it has an end as scheduled for adjuvant chemotherapy, or endless precise as in the palliative chemotherapy

Official Title
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Perceptions and Representations of Cancer Chemotherapy

Conditions
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Lung Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: semi-structured interview conducted by a clinical psychologist
* Other: semi-structured interview conducted by a psychiatrist specialized in psycho-oncology


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 30 major Patients with lung cancer requiring chemotherapy either as palliative or adjuvant as surgical treatment 30 significant others (relatives) major applicant lung cancer patients chemotherapy either palliation or as adjuvant to surgery 15 Doctors oncologists performing either chemotherapy as palliative or adjuvant as surgical treatment Exclusion Criteria: NA

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Patients requiring lung cancer chemotherapy<br>30 major Patients with lung cancer requiring chemotherapy either as palliative or adjuvant as surgical treatment having a semi-structured interview conducted by a clinical psychologist | Other: semi-structured interview conducted by a clinical psychologist<br>* semi-structured interview conducted by a clinical psychologist<br>|
| Family of lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy<br>30 Family of lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy having a semi-structured interview conducted by a clinical psychologist | Other: semi-structured interview conducted by a clinical psychologist<br>* semi-structured interview conducted by a clinical psychologist<br>|
| doctors caring for lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy<br>15 doctors caring for lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy 15 have a semi-structured interview conducted by a psychiatrist specialized in psycho-oncology | Other: semi-structured interview conducted by a psychiatrist specialized in psycho-oncology<br>* semi-structured interview conducted by a psychiatrist specialized in psycho-oncology<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The semi-structured interview | The interview will be analyzed in a framework type of method (grounded theory) in accordance with the guidelines coreq. | 1 day (day of inclusion) |