Table 1.

Characteristics of Studies Reporting QoL of Breast Cancer Survivors.

Authors	Year	Country	Data collection methods	Phenomena of Interest	Population	Main Finding
Lopez-Class 1	2011	USA	Interview and focused group	Secrecy/shame about a breast cancer diagnosis, feelings of isolation, importance of family support challenges with developing social relationships	Breast cancer survivors	Adherence to certain cultural values and face unique issues as immigrants, doctor-patient communicationn. Efforts to improve immigrant breast cancer survivors
Jassim 2	2014	Bahrain	Interview transcripts	Meaning of cancer and quality of life, spirituality and beliefs about causes of breast cancer, coping mechanisms, impact of illness and change in relationships.	Breast cancer survivors	The use of traditional clothing to hide hair and body changes; the important role played by the family and husband in treatment decisions and concerns regarding satisfying the sexual needs of the husband, which were related to a fear of losing The husband to a second wife. Evil eye, stress and God’s punishment were believed to be fundamental causes of the disease. The emotional shock of the initial diagnosis, concerns about whether to reveal the diagnosis and a desire to live a normal life were consistent with previous studies.
Jassim 2	2014	Bahrain	Interview transcripts	Meaning of cancer and quality of life, spirituality and beliefs about causes of breast cancer, coping mechanisms, impact of illness and change in relationships.	Breast cancer survivors	The use of traditional clothing to hide hair and body changes; the important role played by the family and husband in treatment decisions And concerns regarding satisfying the sexual needs of the husband, which were related to a fear of losing the husband to a second wife. Evil eye, stress and God’s punishment were believed to be fundamental causes of the disease. The emotional shock of the initial diagnosis, concerns about whether to reveal the diagnosis and a desire to live a normal life were consistent with previous studies.
Radina 3	2019	USA	Interviewed in person or over the phone	Psychological and/or affectional closeness, family communication, and social support.	Breast cancer survivors	Positive perceptions prior to diagnosis also reported positive perceptions after diagnosis.
Nolan 4	2019	USA	Semi-structured interviews.	Managing spiritual, physical, psychological social, and 5 seeking survivorship knowledge.	Breast cancer survivors	Implementing targeted survivorship interventions, accounting for cultural contexts (e.g. high spirituality)

¹Lopez-Class, M., et al., Quality of life among immigrant Latina breast cancer survivors: realities of culture and enhancing cancer care. J Cancer Educ, 2011. 26(4): p. 724-33.

²Jassim, G.A. and D.L. Whitford, Understanding the experiences and quality of life issues of Bahraini women with breast cancer. Soc Sci Med, 2014. 107: p. 189-95.

³Elise Radina, M., et al., Elucidating emotional closeness within the Theory of Health-Related Family Quality of Life: evidence from breast cancer survivors. BMC Res Notes, 2019. 12(1): p. 312.

⁴Nolan, T.S., et al., Life after breast cancer: ‘Being’ a young African American survivor. Ethn Health, 2019: p. 1-28.