Postoperative life reconstruction process of patients who received adjuvant therapy during recovery from esophagectomy.

本研究的目的是阐明术后生活方式重建的患者接受辅助治疗，在食管切除术后的恢复过程中，并获得切实可行的护理建议。研究对象为22例食管癌术后完成辅助治疗并出院至少6个月的门诊患者。在门诊访视期间进行半结构式访谈，并使用改良扎根理论方法分析数据。结果显示，在术后接受辅助治疗的患者，其术后生活方式重建的过程与其生活方式重建的过程有关。食管切除术后的恢复可以用日常生活范围的缩小和接受日常生活范围的缩小以及获得个性化的生活方式以换取生存的核心类别来解释。

The aims of the present study were to clarify post-operative lifestyle restructuring by patients receiving adjuvant therapy during the post-esophagectomy recovery process and to obtain practical nursing suggestions. Subjects comprised 22 outpatients who had completed post-operative adjuvant therapy and who had been discharged from hospital for at least 6 months following esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Semi-structured interviews were conducted during outpatient visits and data were analyzed using the modified grounded theory approach.Results revealed that the process of post-operative lifestyle restructuring by patients receiving adjuvant therapy during post-esophagectomy recovery could be explained by the core categories of narrowing of sphere of daily life and accepting narrowing of sphere of daily life and acquiring a personalized way of life in exchange for being alive.