title: [New possible determinants of the quality of life of patients with treated thyroid cancer: a qualitative study].
abstract: The aim of this study was to develop a qualitative approach of determinant factors of the quality of life of treated patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted with individuals 18 to 45 years old regarding their disease representations and experiences, followed by statements content analysis. The results show issues already provided in structured questionnaires about quality of life, although others were only partially assumed in these surveys (management of the concept of disease etiology; the "forced" patient introduction into the medical conceptual universe; the fear of the prognosis and positive changes in lifestyle). The results interpretation were benefited from recently developed theoretical elaborations: the anxieties related to illness experience seem to be configured as a "modern risk", in the context of a "risk society". The development of structured questionnaires on quality of life requires frequent qualitative studies to capture changes in subjective aspects of the construct, given the dynamic changes of historical, cultural and psychological meanings of the health disease process, constantly influenced by technological innovations and continuing epidemiological interpretations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Rod. SP-310 Km 235, Campus UFSCAR. 13565-905 São Carlos SP Brasil. cgermano@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Carla Maria Ramos
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Germano
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Rod. SP-310 Km 235, Campus UFSCAR. 13565-905 São Carlos SP Brasil. cgermano@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Débora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonato
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de São Carlos. São Carlos SP Brasil.
authors.forename: Victor Hugo
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Maion
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Rod. SP-310 Km 235, Campus UFSCAR. 13565-905 São Carlos SP Brasil. cgermano@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Lucimar Retto da Silva de
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Avó
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Rod. SP-310 Km 235, Campus UFSCAR. 13565-905 São Carlos SP Brasil. cgermano@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Débora Gusmão
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Rod. SP-310 Km 235, Campus UFSCAR. 13565-905 São Carlos SP Brasil. cgermano@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Bruno José Barcellos
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Fontanella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult