Systematic screening for cervical cancer stops in France at 65 years old. The incidence of certain types of gynecological neoplasia increases with age (endometrium, vulva). Diagnosis delay of 8 months has been described for uterine cancer and longer delays for vulvar cancer. The aim of our study is to understand help-seeking behavior and its delay for this type of cancer among patients older than 65.
Our study assess the reasons for which the patient took time to go to the doctor despite of their symptoms. We use a qualitative methodology. Our study categorizes lived experiences, recorded in semistructured interview transcripts. We use psychodynamic and semiopragmatic analyses of the discourse to obtain hypotheses about possible reasons of the delay in the help-seeking process."
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
12
Patients will be interviewed by open-ended questions face to face concerning their past experiences. The recorded interview will be transcribed and analyzed by psychodynamic and semio-pragmatic approach.
Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine (ICL)
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Experience of help-seeking period for low gynecological cancers.
Qualitative interview performed at one occasion where the patient describes the experience of the help seeking period she has passed through.
Time frame: 1 day
Motivators and barriers to help-seeking for low gynecological cancers.
qualitative methodology using verbal data analysis of semi-structured interview.
Time frame: 1 day
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