A qualitative exploration of Malaysian cancer patients' perspectives on cancer and its treatment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Farooqui, Maryam ^a,b   Hassali, Mohamed A ^b   Shatar, Aishah K ^c   Shafie, Asrul A ^b   Seang, Tan B ^d   Farooqui, Muhammad A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^d Pantai Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^e Allianze University College of Medical Sciences (AUCMS)   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959731601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-525     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. World Health Organization. Cancer, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/ factsheets/fs297/en/index.html Accessed 1.04.2010
2. Clinical oncology in Malaysia: 1914 to present. GCC Lim, Biomed Imaging Interv J 2006 2 1 18 21614216
3. The First Report of the National Cancer Registry. Cancer Incidence in Malaysia 2002. Kuala Lumpur. GCC Lim H Yahaya TO Lim eds, Excellence In-Tech Sdn Bhd 2003
4. Malaysian Cancer Statistics- Date and figure peninsular Malaysia, Ministry of health Malaysia 2006 http://www.moh.gov.my
5. Risk factors of breast cancer in women in Kelantan, Malaysia. B Norsa'adah BN Rusli AK Imran I Naing T Winn, Singapore Med J 2005 46 12 698 16308643
6. Lifestyle Factors and Breast Cancer: a Case-control Study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. K Rozanim AS Shamsul N Hidayah, Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2006 7 51 54 16629515
7. Understanding the cultural health belief model influencing health behaviors and health-related quality of life between Latina and Asian-American breast cancer survivors. JW Lim P Gonzalez F Ming W Letzkus T Kimlin A Giwa, Support Care Cancer
8. Explanatory models of and attitudes towards cancer in different cultures. Simon Dein, Lancet Oncol 2004 5 119 24 10.1016/S1470-2045(04)01386-5 14761816 (Pubitemid 38145895)
9. Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Arabic-Australians concerning cancer. M Saleh KB Stewart B Meiser K Tucker M Eisenbruch J Kirk, Psycho-Oncology 2010 1884
10. An exploration of Hmong Women's perspectives on cancer. MJ Baisch PC Vang BR Peterman, Asian Nursing Research 2008 2 2 89 91
11. The role of knowledge and beliefs in help seeking behaviour for cancer: a quantitative and qualitative approach. I Sheikh J Ogden, Patient education and counselling 1998 35 35 42 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00081-0 (Pubitemid 29037812)
12. Breast Surgery International- Breast cancer in developing countries. K Sandelin JP Apffelstaedt H Abdullah EM Murray EU Ajuluchuku, Scandinavian Journal of Surgery 2002 91 222 226 12449462 (Pubitemid 35285297)
13. Overview of cancer in Malaysia. GCC Lim, Jpn J Clin oncol 2002 32 1 37 S42 10.1093/jjco/hye132 11959876
14. Barriers for Breast Cancer Screening Among Asian Women: A Mini Literature Review. P Parsa M Kandiah HR Rahman NA Zulkefli, Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev 2006 7 509 514
15. Breast Cancer in Malaysia: Are Our Women Getting The Right Message? 10 Year-Experience in A Single Institution In Malaysia. NA Taib CHI Yip M Ibrahim CJ Ng H Farizah, Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev 2007 8 141 145
16. Practice of breast self-examination amongst women attending a Malaysian Well Person's Clinic. S Chan, Med J Malaysia 1995 4 4 433 7
17. Qualitative research on chronic illness: commentary on method and conceptual development. P Conrad, Soc Sci Med 1990 30 1257 1263 10.1016/0277-9536(90)90266-U 2360060 (Pubitemid 20237394)
18. Qualitative Interviews. Research methods in Pharmacy practice. F Smith, London, UK: Pharmaceutical Press 2002 119 122
19. Qualitative research and evaluation methods. M Patton, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication 2002 243 245
20. Using qualitative interviews in CAM research: A guide to study design, data collection and data analysis. A Broom, Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2005 13 65 73 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.01.001 15907681 (Pubitemid 40674269)
21. Content and thematic analysis. In Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology. H Joffe L Yardely, Sage Publications Ltd, Marks DF, Yardley L, 2003 56 68
22. Influence of traditional Chinese beliefs on cancer screening behaviour among Chinese- Australian women. C Kwok G Sullivan, Journal of Advanced Nursing 2006 54 691 699 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03872.x 16796661 (Pubitemid 43935057)
23. A narrative analysis: A black woman's perceptions of breast cancer risks and early breast cancer detection. E Lawson, Cancer Nursing 1998 21 421 429 10.1097/00002820-199812000-00006 9849000 (Pubitemid 28545852)
24. Danger zones: Risk perceptions of young women from families with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. A Werner-Lin, Family Process 2007 46 335 349 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2007.00215.x 17899857
25. Beliefs and beyond: what can we learn from qualitative studies of lay people's understandings of cancer risk? L Wendy M Heather M Stacy C Hooker H Wendy, Health Expectations 2010 13 113 124 20536535
26. Health Behavior Models. A Colleen S Joseph R Susan F Wayne O James, The International Electronic Journal of Health Education 2000 3 Special Issue 180 193
27. American Cancer Society, Tobacco related Cancers fact sheets http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/tobacco-related-cancer- fact-sheet
28. World Health Organization (WHO) Cancer facts sheet, http://www.wpro.who. int/media-centre/fact-sheets/fs-20020528.htm
29. Lay beliefs about smoking in Kelantan, Malaysia. AA Jackson WA Manan AS Gani YH Carter, Southeast Asian journal Trop med Public Health 2004 35 3
30. Understanding Canadian Punjabi-Speaking South Asian women's experience of breast cancer: A qualitative study. BK Gurm J Stephen GM Kenzie R Doll MC Baroetavena S Cadell, International Journal of Nursing Studies 2008 45 266 276 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.08.023 17049350
31. Concerns and coping strategies in patienst with oral cancer: a pilot study. M Pandey PT Latha A Mathew K Ramdas EM Iype MK Nair, Indian Journal of Surgery 2003 65 496 499
32. Prayer in Iranian cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. M Razaei MA Hajbaghery N Seyedfatemi F Hoseini, Comlementray Therapies in Cilinical Practice 2008 14 90 97 10.1016/j.ctcp.2008.01.001
33. Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by cancer patients is not associated with perceived distress or poor compliance with standard treatment but with active coping behavior. A survey. W Sollner S Maislinger A DeVries E Steixner G Rumpold P Lukas, Cancer 2000 89 4 873 880 10.1002/1097-0142(20000815) 89:4<873::AID-CNCR21>3.0.CO;2-K 10951352 (Pubitemid 30658588)
34. Breast cancer survivors' perceptions of Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM): Making the decision to use or not to use. H Boon JB Brown A Gavin AA Kennard M Stewart, Qualitative Health Research 1999 9 5 639 653 10.1177/104973299129122135 10558372
35. Integration of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Into National Health Care Systems. X Zhang, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2000 23 2 139 140 10.1016/S0161-4754(00)90085-X 10714545
36. Pelaksanaan Hospital integrasi. http://tcm.moh.gov.my
37. Saving costs instead of lives. LA Phang, http://www.sun2surf.com The Sun on Monday, December 13
38. The Influence of Breast Cancer Treatment on the Occurrence of Hot Flashes. MH Savard J Savard C Quesnel H Ivers, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2009 37 4 687 697 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.04.010 18973980
39. Patients' perceptions of the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment - A qualitative interview study. IJ Korfage T Hak HJ Koning ML Essink-Bot, Social Science & Medicine 2006 63 911 919 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.027 21779979
40. On the Receiving End- Patient Perception of the Side-effects of Cancer Chemotherapy. A Coates S Abraham S Kaye T Sowerbitts C Frewing RM Fox MH 'Iattersall, Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 1983 19 2 203 208 10.1016/0277-5379(83) 90418-2 6681766 (Pubitemid 13155858)
41. Factors in making the decision to forgo conventional cancer treatment. MJ Verhoef MA White, Cancer Parctice 2002 10 4 201 207 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2002. 104002.x (Pubitemid 34761597)