Living in Rural Areas and Receiving Cancer Treatment Away From Home : A Qualitative Study Foregrounding Temporality

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dc.contributor.authorEgilsdóttir, Halldóra
dc.contributor.authorJónsdóttir, Helga
dc.contributor.authorKlinke, Marianne Elisabeth
dc.contributor.schoolHealth Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-20T08:49:54Z
dc.date.available2025-11-20T08:49:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-26
dc.descriptionFunding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by funding received by HE from the Icelandic Nurses’ Association and the Icelandic Regional Development Institute. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022.en
dc.description.abstractWe used explorative interviews to gauge (inter)personal, physiological, and emotional challenges of seven rural cancer patients who traveled long distances to cancer treatment centers. After a thematic analysis, we foregrounded experiences of temporality by using a phenomenologically inspired approach. The analysis resulted in three themes: (a) An epiphany of “what really matters in life”—time gains new meaning, (b) Feeling out of sync with others and own body—striving for coherence and simultaneity, and (c) Being torn between benefits of home and treatments site—time and distance as a tangible aspect of traveling and being away. Under these themes, 13 meaning units were generated, which reflected changes in temporality. During treatment, life primarily revolved around repeating circles of travel arrangements, staying on top of treatment schedule, and synchronizing a home life with a life away from home. Nurses should provide comprehensive care to enhance stability in cancer patients’ temporal experiences.en
dc.description.versionPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent163418
dc.format.extent23333936221111802
dc.identifier.citationEgilsdóttir, H, Jónsdóttir, H & Klinke, M E 2022, 'Living in Rural Areas and Receiving Cancer Treatment Away From Home : A Qualitative Study Foregrounding Temporality', Global Qualitative Nursing Research, vol. 9, pp. 23333936221111802. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936221111802en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/23333936221111802
dc.identifier.issn2333-3936
dc.identifier.other60379923
dc.identifier.otherde276e37-8975-44a6-a373-6e13d8460fda
dc.identifier.other85134686083
dc.identifier.other35875361
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/6786
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research; 9()en
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85134686083en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectcanceren
dc.subjectconceptual foregroundingen
dc.subjectexperiencesen
dc.subjectIcelanden
dc.subjectillness and diseaseen
dc.subjectphenomenologyen
dc.subjectqualitativeen
dc.subjectrural healthcareen
dc.subjectGeneral Nursingen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.titleLiving in Rural Areas and Receiving Cancer Treatment Away From Home : A Qualitative Study Foregrounding Temporalityen
dc.type/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/articleen

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