Table 3.
Information on which other activities, resources, and medicines interviewees mobilised.
| User No. | Reported Having Had Recourse to Other Activities or Resources to Cope with the Situation |
Reported Having Used Other Medicines to Cope with the Situation |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | ||
| No. 2 | Joined the private Facebook group “Les triplettes” which is for women with triple negative breast cancer | Homeopathy, acupuncture, and foot reflexology |
| No. 3 | Walks, bikes, and is a gym member | Recently used a burn healer for shingles |
| No. 4 | Walks and gardening | |
| No. 5 | Gardening, reads books, and plays games on her tablet | |
| No. 6 | Cooking and genealogy research | |
| No. 7 | ||
| No. 8 | Gardening and playing computer games | |
| No. 9 | Walks and gardening | Magnetizer |
| No. 10 | Cooking, baking, gardening, and genealogy research | Kinesiology |
| No. 11 | Walks the dog, gardening, and reads books | |
| No. 12 | Plays games on her tablet | |
| No. 13 | ||
| No. 14 | Reads books | |
| No. 15 | Walks, pilates, and listens to music | Acupuncture and reiki |
| No. 16 | Walks, photography, and stationary exercise bike | |
| No. 17 | ||
| No. 18 | Acupuncture and magnetizer | |
| No. 19 | Walks about 5 km a day, DIY, and mechanical work | |
| No. 20 | Belongs to a walking group and a choir, gardening, and reads books | |
| No. 21 | Joined a private Facebook group for people with breast cancer and walks 30 min/day | |
| No. 22 | Watches medical series on TV | Myotherapy |
| No. 23 | Plays the piano, listens to music, and gardening | |
| No. 24 | Previously used acupuncture and seen an energy therapist, and continues to use a magnetizer and naturopathy | |
| No. 25 | Cooking, television viewing, and scrabble | |
| No. 26 | His faith kept him actively involved in his religious community | |
| No. 27 | Energy therapist, acupuncture, micro-kinesis, and her spouse healed her burns | |
| No. 28 | Walks and watches television | |
| No. 29 | Gardening | Burn healer |
| No. 30 | Watches television | |
| No. 31 | Reads books, watches television, goes away on weekend breaks, and consulted a psychologist | |
| No. 32 | Reads books, goes for walks, swims in his pool, crafts and mechanics, and rides his motorcycle | |
| No. 33 | Swims in his pool and DIY |
Information related to interviewees recruited via the Indre et Loire League Against Cancer Departmental Committee is presented in bold, while information about interviewees recruited through day hospital services is presented in standard font. Of the 33 participants interviewed, 26 reported having had recourse to other activities or resources to cope with the situation, and 10 reported having used other medicines to do so; seven reported having used activities, resources, and other medicines, while five reported they had recourse to none.