Elderly Men’s Experience of Information Material about Melanoma—A Qualitative Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Design
2.2. Setting
2.3. Data Collection
Age | Numbers |
65 | 6 |
70 | 6 |
75 | 3 |
n = 15 | |
Marital status | Numbers |
Married | 11 |
Cohabiting | 1 |
Single | 3 |
n = 15 |
2.4. Data Analysis
Meaning unit | Condensed content | Coding | Subcategory | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|
... I thought it was positive that caregivers act within the area, that was my thought. I could see my body but I have not found anything ... but I’m not exactly worried ... but as I said, I think it’s positive ... | Positive that healthcare is engaged in educating people | Knowing what skin cancer is | Availability—to use | Security—to act |
2.5. Ethical Considerations
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Results
3.1.1. Security—To Act
“ ... I thought it was positive that it takes care of that problem, that was my thought, but I see the greater part of my body and I have not found anything ... but I’m not exactly worried due to no particular or way to do it I heard (laughs) ... no, I am not worried if I get home like this but as I said, I think it’s positive ...”
3.1.2. Availability—To Use
“... It is important to send it right to me (a target group of men over 65 years) and there’s no living man who does not open a letter, for me it’s quite obvious, if it does not perhaps show that it is advertising for any crap that I’m not interested in, then I throw it away ... Can you afford it and if you have the ability and technology to address it to the audience you want to reach, then it’s best ...”
3.1.3. Clarity—To Understand
“... You embrace so much more from an image than from a little text, a text you just skim through and you might not read anything special but a picture catches you a little bit differently, so I think this is really good and also you can see then if there is anything that you yourself may have to do ...”
3.1.4. Awareness—To Know
“... It was the personal approach where and then the folder that showed what it was all about, and images and some text, then I think most people read them, it should not be too much body text, but it has to be direct like that ... I do not just go and wait for it to happen, that I should suffer so to speak ...”
3.2. Discussion
3.3. Limitations
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Rosengren, K. Elderly Men’s Experience of Information Material about Melanoma—A Qualitative Study. Healthcare 2013, 1, 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare1010005
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Chicago/Turabian StyleRosengren, Kristina. 2013. "Elderly Men’s Experience of Information Material about Melanoma—A Qualitative Study" Healthcare 1, no. 1: 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare1010005