An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness.
Grant James McGeechanKerri E McPhersonKaren RobertsPublished in: Journal of clinical nursing (2018)
The experience of future disorientation was common among participants; however, this was impacted on by a number of factors such as functional impairment and fear of recurrence. Furthermore, future disorientation does not appear to be stable and may ease as patients begin to adjust to the uncertainty of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness.