Table 3.
Perceived benefits and challenges of neurofeedback for cancer survivors
| Themes | Subthemes | Perceived by |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived benefits | ||
| Paying it forward | Compelled to help others | Neurofeedback providers |
| Incorporating neurofeedback into practice | Neurofeedback providers | |
| Career shifts | Neurofeedback providers | |
| Transforming lives | Life changing experience | Cancer survivor clients |
| Seeing the difference | Neurofeedback providers | |
| Regaining control | Feeling empowered | Both |
| In control again | Both | |
| Brain healing itself | Healing process | Neurofeedback providers |
| Brain knows what to do | Neurofeedback providers | |
| Comforting experience | Calming, comforting and relaxing | Cancer survivor clients |
| Perceived challenges | ||
| Accessibility | Costs | Both |
| Should be standard care | Cancer survivor clients | |
| Lack of awareness | Both | |
| Failure to respond | Nonresponders | Both |
| Interference mechanisms | Both |