Supporting patients and carers affected by pancreatic cancer: A feasibility study of a counselling intervention.

Purpose: Patients with pancreatic cancer have extremely high unmet psychological and physical needs. Family carers of these patients have even higher levels of distress than patients. Our purpose was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a counselling intervention in patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and their carers.

The Imperative for a Triumph-Over-Tragedy Story in Women's Accounts of Undergoing Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer.

We aimed to examine how women construct their experiences of chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer. Through semistructured interviews, we explored the accounts of 18 Australian women about their experiences within a broader cultural imperative-or discourse-to "think positively." By applying a critical realist lens to the analysis, we identified two discursive themes that shaped women's accounts.

"I Wasn't Gonna Let It Stop Me": Exploring Women's Experiences of Getting Through Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer.

Background: Many women with ovarian cancer experience significant chemotherapy-related adverse effects during treatment and thus cannot complete it without dose reductions and/or delays. There is some indication that chemotherapy completion is associated with improved survival, although currently little is known about what helps women get through chemotherapy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore women's accounts of the factors they believed were helpful during their ovarian cancer treatment.

"I just feel like I am broken. I am the worst pregnant woman ever": A qualitative exploration of the "at odds" experience of women's antenatal distress.

Advances in perinatal mental health research have provided valuable insights around risk factors for the overall development of maternal distress. However, there is still a limited understanding of the experience of women struggling emotionally during pregnancy. We explored how women view, experience, and interpret psychological distress antenatally.

Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy does not increase the risk for adverse birth outcomes.

Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy is a potential risk factor for various birth complications. This study aimed to explore psychological factors associated with adverse birth outcomes. Symptoms of psychological distress, individual characteristics, and medical complications were assessed at two time points antenatally in 285 women from Australia and New Zealand; birth outcomes were assessed postpartum, between January 2014 and September 2015.

The experience of psychological distress, depression, and anxiety during pregnancy: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research.

Objective: to systematically review qualitative research that explores the experience of maternal antenatal psychological distress, such as depression, anxiety and stress during pregnancy.

Method: a meta-synthesis was conducted to integrate the findings of qualitative studies. Eight final eligible studies were scrutinised, recurring themes were extracted and compared across studies, and core themes were identified.