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Livet efter malignt melanom: En allmän litteraturstudie om personers pyskiska upplevlser efter behandling
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare.
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare.
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Life after malignant melanoma : A general literature review onpeople's psychological experiences post treatment (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Malignt melanom är en cancer som finns i huden och är en sjukdom som kan ge långvariga psykiska konsekvenser efter avslutad behandling. Detta är den allvarligaste formen av hudcancer. Personer som insjuknar i hudcancer fortsätter att öka i Sverige, där specifikt malignt melanom skapar flest dödsfall. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa personers psykiska upplevelser efter behandling av malignt melanom. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie baserad på tio vetenskapliga artiklar, två kvalitativa, sju kvantitativa och en mixad metod. Artiklarna bearbetades och analyserades, vilket resulterade i tre kategorier. Resultat: Kategorierna var Psykisk påverkan, Otrygg framtid samt Betydelsefullt med stöd och information. Konklusion: Personerna upplevde flera olika psykiska upplevelser efter behandling av malignt melanom. Vanliga symptom hos personerna efter behandling var ångest, depression, rädsla för återkommande cancer och oro i vardagen. Sämre livskvalité hos personerna som överlevt i jämförelse med den generella befolkningen förekom därutöver. Personerna upplevde ytterligare en brist på information och att de önskade mer stöd från både närstående och sjuksköterskan efter behandling. Upplevelserna kunde bestå flera år efter avslutad behandling.

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Background: Malignant melanoma is a type of skin cancer and are adisease that can give long term consequences post treatment. This is themost severe type of skin cancer. People that get skin cancer keeps increasingin incidence in Sweden, where specifically malignant melanoma causes themost deaths.Aim: The aim was to highlight people's psychological experience posttreatment for malignant melanoma.Method: A literature review was conducted based on ten scientific articles,two qualitative, seven quantitative and one mixed method. The articles wereprocessed and analyzed which generated three categories.Results: The categories were Psychological impact, Uncertain future andSignificant support and information.Conclusions: People experienced several different psychologicalexperiences post treatment of malignant melanoma. Common symptoms forpeople post treatment was anxiety, depression, fear of cancer recurrence andworry in everyday life. Lower quality of life in the people who survived incomparison with the general population also occurred. People experiencedfurther a lack of information, and they wanted more support from bothrelatives and nurses post treatment. These experiences could last for severalyears post treatment.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 40
Keywords [en]
Experience, malignant melanoma, mental health, post treatment
Keywords [sv]
Efter behandling, malignt melanom, mental hälsa, upplevelse
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Medical and Health Sciences Cancer and Oncology Clinical Medicine Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-54916OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-54916DiVA, id: diva2:1914297
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Nursing
Educational program
Nursing Programme, 180 credits
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Available from: 2024-11-07 Created: 2024-11-19 Last updated: 2025-10-01Bibliographically approved

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