Cancer Patients’ Perceptions of Family Psychological Support: A Qualitative Study.

Taghavi Larijan , Taraneh; Dehghan Nayeri, Nahid; Mardani Hamooleh , Marjan; Rezaee , Nasrin

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Taghavi Larijan T, Dehghan Nayeri N, Mardani Hamooleh M, Rezaee N. Cancer Patients’ Perceptions of Family Psychological Support: A Qualitative Study.. Mod Care J 2015; 12 (3) : 7
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Cancer Patients’ Perceptions of Family Psychological Support: A Qualitative Study.

Taraneh Taghavi Larijan¹

, Nahid Dehghan Nayeri²

, Marjan Mardani Hamooleh ^*³

, Nasrin Rezaee⁴

1- Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Marjan Mardani Hamooleh; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: marjjanmardani@yahoomail.com Tel: 09132864077
4- Pregnancy Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

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Background and Aim: Family psychological support is a highly important concept concerning patients diagnosed with cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate cancer patients’ perceptions of family psychological support. Methods: This study had a qualitative approach using inductive content analysis method. Through purposive sampling, 15 patients were selected who underwent semi-structured, face-to-face interviews. After data collection, all the interviews were transcribed and analyzed via content analysis. Results: In general, 298 codes were extracted and categorized into two main themes: seeking support from family and valuing the patient as a family member. Seeking support from family composed of two subcategories, i.e., emotional support seeking and spiritual support seeking. Also, valuing the patient as a family member had two sub-categories consisting of unconditional acceptance and respect.|Conclusion: From the point of view of the participants, emotional and spiritual support seeking as well as unconditional acceptance and respect play a significant role in the psychological support of the families for these patients.

Article number: 7

Keywords: Neoplasms, Patients, Family, Suicide, Assisted

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Article Types: Research Article | Subject: General
Received: 2025/12/23 | Accepted: 2025/12/30 | Published: 2025/12/30