Abdulsalam Aleid, Hadeel K Bin Shuiel, Nouf A Alyabis, Anwar H Alfaraj, Dana J Dahlan, Fawaz M Alkhatib, Muteb N Alotaibi, Khalid N Almulhim, Abbas Al Mutair
Predictors and Outcomes of Falls in Older Adults Presenting to the Emergency Room in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
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cancer threat relevant age threat foreshortened life coupled lengthy treatment process negatively affects middleaged older adults understanding coping throughout cancer experience middleaged older cancer survivors help develop supportive care promote physiological psychological coping effects explore cancer coping experiences middleaged adults aged 4059 older adults 60 descriptive phenomenological study employed facetoface indepth semistructured interviews conducted 22 oncology patients tertiary university hospital aged 40 august october 2023 interview data analyzed using thematic analysis procedures five themes 13 subthemes formed analysis acceptance cancer considering cancer chronic believing fate attributing cancer karma different information needs desired truthfully informed informationseeking behaviour information avoidance behaviour getting families involved developing dependent behaviours feeling emotional support family members suffering worse striving maintain positive psychological state positive thinking seeking peer support negative experience undesirable low selfesteem study reveals cancer survivors attitudes towards cancer changed death sentence positive perception chronic disease supportive programmes developing coping strategies consider cultural traditions religious beliefs different information needs involvement family promoting positive psychological state avoiding negative factors participants experience coping cancer involved semistructured interview