Play and Mothers' Relationships With Children in the Context of Breast Cancer.
OTJR (Thorofare N J)
; 43(1): 43-51, 2023 01.
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ABSTRACT
This interpretative phenomenological study explored play experiences between mothers who had completed, or were receiving treatment for, breast cancer and their young children and disease-related factors influencing those experiences. Six Puerto Rican mothers who had young children at the time of their primary treatment were interviewed. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through constant comparative method. Two themes emerged (a) "changes and challenges," which contextualized disease-related factors affecting the maternal role; and (b) "play and relationships with children" described play moments and how treatment affected these. Participants emphasized the benefits of playing and relating with their children while in treatment. Play as a co-occupation and an effective means to connect mothers with their children must be considered in the practice of occupational therapy. Future studies with more diverse samples of mothers at different stages of the disease are warranted to expand this exploratory work.
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Terapia Ocupacional
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Qualitative_research
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OTJR (Thorofare N J)
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2023
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