Themes | Sub-themes | Codes |
---|---|---|
Beginning to cope | Why tell | Anxiety due to lack of information |
Unconvinced without information | ||
Need to understand the disease | ||
Need to understand the reason for hospitalization | ||
When to tell | Need to communicate at the beginning | |
Need to communicate with emotional leeway | ||
Need to communicate with time leeway | ||
How to tell | Use suitable amount of information | |
Need to communicate with the most appropriate person | ||
Use communication tools with pictures and stories | ||
Avoiding disclosure – protecting child | Too complicated | Avoid incomprehensible information to children |
Too upsetting | Avoid the word “cancer” | |
Avoid saying a life-threatening condition | ||
Informational support | Making sense of it all | Information about the disease |
Information about treatment | ||
Information about hospitalization | ||
Information about infection prevention measures | ||
Information about side effects | ||
‘Upside’ of leukemia | Benefits of hospitalization | |
Treatment outcomes | ||
Family support |