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Haji Aman Deybasso
Adama Hospital Medical college
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1441-3300
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Objective: Esophageal cancer patients experience multifaceted challenges but studies often focus on the prevalence and risk factors of esophageal cancer with no documentation of the lived experiences of patients. This study aimed at exploring the lived experiences of esophageal cancer patients with the concept of uncovering pathways to seeking treatment, and follow-up.
Results:- The experience of seeking care began with self-care followed by visiting traditional healers, and hierarchical layers of health care delivery systems. The barriers to treatment follow-up were inaccessibility, unaffordability of health care services, and negative attitudes towards treatment. Patients experienced distresses linked to food intakes, treatment side effects, reduced quality of life, psychological and physical impairments. Esophageal cancer patients in this study experienced complex pathways to seeking treatment, multidimensional obstacles to treatment follow-up, and live with unbearable challenges.
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Esophageal cancer, Qualitative, lived experience, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia
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Research note
Haji Aman Deybasso
Adama Hospital Medical college
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1441-3300
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CURRENT STATUS: Under Review
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Posted 22 Mar, 2021
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Reviewer #1 agreed
On 07 Apr, 2021
Review #1 received
Received 07 Apr, 2021
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 06 Apr, 2021
Editor assigned
On 05 Apr, 2021
Submission checks complete
On 12 Mar, 2021
Editor invited
On 07 Mar, 2021
Subject Areas
Health Economics & Outcomes Research
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Objective: Esophageal cancer patients experience multifaceted challenges but studies often focus on the prevalence and risk factors of esophageal cancer with no documentation of the lived experiences of patients. This study aimed at exploring the lived experiences of esophageal cancer patients with the concept of uncovering pathways to seeking treatment, and follow-up.
Results:- The experience of seeking care began with self-care followed by visiting traditional healers, and hierarchical layers of health care delivery systems. The barriers to treatment follow-up were inaccessibility, unaffordability of health care services, and negative attitudes towards treatment. Patients experienced distresses linked to food intakes, treatment side effects, reduced quality of life, psychological and physical impairments. Esophageal cancer patients in this study experienced complex pathways to seeking treatment, multidimensional obstacles to treatment follow-up, and live with unbearable challenges.
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