Health-belief model adaptation in a qualitative study of public opinion on end-stage cancer treatment: An indonesian context - 02/04/23
Summary |
Background |
This qualitative empirical study aims to explore healthy people's beliefs regarding end-stage cancer treatment and how it relates to treatment decision-making by adapting the Health-belief Model as a theoretical framework in Bandung City, Indonesia.
Methods |
This research was conducted using a semi-structured interview method, with a scenario where the informant, a relative, or a friend was diagnosed with end-stage cancer. Interviews were conducted in September–November 2020 with eight individuals in Bandung City, one of the major cities in Indonesia with 2.5 million residents, predominantly Sundanese-Malayan Muslims. Informants were interviewed based on theoretical sampling selection, and interview recordings became verbatim transcripts for thematic analysis.
Results |
Nine themes were found to describe how the people of Bandung perceived end-stage cancer treatment; they were: the meaning of health and quality of life, knowledge of medical indications, cue to action, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, self-efficacy, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and treatment preferences. Informants prefer curative-dose therapy with non-physical palliative approaches, chemo-palliative, palliative care with symptomatic and pain management, and alternative therapies such as traditional and herbal medicine.
Conclusion |
The themes demonstrate accordance with the health-belief model theory. Adapting healthy peoples’ health-belief on end-stage cancer treatment may encourage a more ethical and satisfactory framework for treatment decision-making, preventing cancer from falling into end-stage, and preventing cancer in general.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : End-stage cancer, Health-belief Model, Indonesia, Treatment preference
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