'It's been a long haul, a big haul, but we've made it': hepatitis C virus treatment in post-transplant patients with virus recurrence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Anna Krzeczkowska; Paul Flowers; Zoe Chouliara; Peter Hayes; Adele Dickson

doi:10.1177/2055102918792673

'It's been a long haul, a big haul, but we've made it': hepatitis C virus treatment in post-transplant patients with virus recurrence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Anna Krzeczkowska^*, Paul Flowers, Zoe Chouliara, Peter Hayes, Adele Dickson

^*Corresponding author for this work

Psychology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

15 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

The lived experience of both interferon-based and new interferon-free treatments in patients with hepatitis C virus remains understudied. To explore their journey through hepatitis C virus treatment, we interviewed seven post-transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C virus. Three themes were identified using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants reported an ongoing sense of ontological uncertainty characterized by lack of control over their condition and treatment. Furthermore, an apposition of scepticism and hope accompanying each stage of hepatitis C virus treatment was described. A staged approach to psychological intervention tailored to the needs of the patient and their associated ‘stage’ of hepatitis C virus treatment was recommended.

Original language	English
Number of pages	9
Journal	Health Psychology Open
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102918792673
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2018

Keywords

direct-acting antivirals
hepatitis C virus
interpretative phenomenological analysis
liver transplant
virus recurrence

Access to Document

10.1177/2055102918792673Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0

Krzeczkowska-etal-HPO-2018-hepatitis-C-virus-treatment-in-post-transplant-patientsFinal published version, 125 KBLicence: CC BY-NC 4.0

Cite this

@article{8ffa2f3012844fa2ba462d3c7d8d4a0c,

title = "'It's been a long haul, a big haul, but we've made it': hepatitis C virus treatment in post-transplant patients with virus recurrence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis",

abstract = "The lived experience of both interferon-based and new interferon-free treatments in patients with hepatitis C virus remains understudied. To explore their journey through hepatitis C virus treatment, we interviewed seven post-transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C virus. Three themes were identified using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants reported an ongoing sense of ontological uncertainty characterized by lack of control over their condition and treatment. Furthermore, an apposition of scepticism and hope accompanying each stage of hepatitis C virus treatment was described. A staged approach to psychological intervention tailored to the needs of the patient and their associated {\textquoteleft}stage{\textquoteright} of hepatitis C virus treatment was recommended.",

keywords = "direct-acting antivirals, hepatitis C virus, interpretative phenomenological analysis, liver transplant, virus recurrence",

author = "Anna Krzeczkowska and Paul Flowers and Zoe Chouliara and Peter Hayes and Adele Dickson",

year = "2018",

month = aug,

day = "6",

doi = "10.1177/2055102918792673",

language = "English",

volume = "5",

journal = "Health Psychology Open",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - 'It's been a long haul, a big haul, but we've made it'

T2 - hepatitis C virus treatment in post-transplant patients with virus recurrence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

AU - Krzeczkowska, Anna

AU - Flowers, Paul

AU - Chouliara, Zoe

AU - Hayes, Peter

AU - Dickson, Adele

PY - 2018/8/6

Y1 - 2018/8/6

N2 - The lived experience of both interferon-based and new interferon-free treatments in patients with hepatitis C virus remains understudied. To explore their journey through hepatitis C virus treatment, we interviewed seven post-transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C virus. Three themes were identified using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants reported an ongoing sense of ontological uncertainty characterized by lack of control over their condition and treatment. Furthermore, an apposition of scepticism and hope accompanying each stage of hepatitis C virus treatment was described. A staged approach to psychological intervention tailored to the needs of the patient and their associated ‘stage’ of hepatitis C virus treatment was recommended.

AB - The lived experience of both interferon-based and new interferon-free treatments in patients with hepatitis C virus remains understudied. To explore their journey through hepatitis C virus treatment, we interviewed seven post-transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C virus. Three themes were identified using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants reported an ongoing sense of ontological uncertainty characterized by lack of control over their condition and treatment. Furthermore, an apposition of scepticism and hope accompanying each stage of hepatitis C virus treatment was described. A staged approach to psychological intervention tailored to the needs of the patient and their associated ‘stage’ of hepatitis C virus treatment was recommended.

KW - direct-acting antivirals

KW - hepatitis C virus

KW - interpretative phenomenological analysis

KW - liver transplant

KW - virus recurrence

UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hpo

U2 - 10.1177/2055102918792673

DO - 10.1177/2055102918792673

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85054512553

VL - 5

JO - Health Psychology Open

JF - Health Psychology Open

IS - 2

ER -

'It's been a long haul, a big haul, but we've made it': hepatitis C virus treatment in post-transplant patients with virus recurrence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this