Table 2.
Study and participant characteristics
| Author (year) | Country | Language | Setting | Cancer | Sample size | Age range (years) | Female (n; %) | Study type | Recruitment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakagami and Akashi (2010) | Japan | Japanese | Inpatient | Colon, rectum, pancreas | 10 | Early 40s–late 70sa | 5; 50% | Qualitative | Prior to surgery |
| Tecu and Potter (2012) | USA | English | Outpatient Tumour Clinic | Cervical | 37 | 25–62 | 37; 100% | Survey | First chemotherapy treatment |
| McEwan et al. (2014) | Egypt | English | Cancer Treatment Centreb | Breast | 15 | 29–60 | 15; 100% | Qualitative | Post‐treatmentc |
a
Age as defined within the study. The precise age of the participants was not stated.
b
Setting defined within the previous associated quantitative study (Corbex, 2010).
c
Timing of recruitment post‐treatment was not specified.