"I'm 100% for it! I'm a convert!": Women's experiences of a yoga programme during treatment for gynaecological cancer; an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Issue 1 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Archer, S.; Phillips, E.; Montague, J.; Bali, A.; Sowter, H.
• Is Part Of: Complementary therapies in medicine. Volume 23:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 55
• Page End: 62
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Alternative medicine -- Periodicals; Complementary Therapies -- Periodicals; Médecines parallèles -- Périodiques; Thérapeutique -- Périodiques; Alternative medicine; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 615.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.12.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-2299

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Gynaecological cancer patients took part in a 10-week course of Hatha yoga.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Patients took part in focus groups analysed with interpretative phenomenological analysis.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">The women's perceptions of the programme were generally positive; many found benefits.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Previously unseen view of the patient experience of participating in a yoga intervention.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>