Dal Sook Kim; Ah Hyun Park; Nam Jun Kang

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An Analysis of Cancer Survival Narratives Using Computerized Text Analysis Program: Dal Sook Kim, Ah Hyun Park, Nam Jun Kang; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2014;44(3):328-338.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.3.328
Published online: June 30, 2014

¹College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.

²Department of Communication, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Dal Sook. College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, 266 Munhwa-ro, Daejeon 301-747, Korea. Tel: +82-42-580-8327, Fax: +82-42-580-8309, dskim@cnu.ac.kr

• Received: March 21, 2014 • Revised: April 8, 2014 • Accepted: June 9, 2014

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Abstract

Purpose
This study was done to explore experiences of persons living through the periods of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and self-care.
Methods
With permission, texts of 29 cancer survival narratives (8 men and 21 women, winners in contests sponsored by two institutes), were analyzed using Kang's Korean-Computerized-Text-Analysis-Program where the commonly used Korean-Morphological-Analyzer and the 21st-century-Sejong-Modern-Korean-Corpora representing laymen's Korean-language-use are connected. Experiences were explored based on words included in 100 highly-used-morphemes. For interpretation, we used 'categorizing words by meaning', 'comparing use-rate by periods and to the 21st-century-Sejong-Modern-Korean-Corpora', and highly-used-morphemes that appeared only in a specific period.
Results
The most highly-used-word-morpheme was first-person-pronouns followed by, diagnosis·treatment-related-words, mind-expression-words, cancer, persons-in-meaningful-interaction, living and eating, information-related-verbs, emotion-expression-words, with 240 to 0.8 times for layman use-rate. 'Diagnosis-process', 'cancer-thought', 'things-to-come-after-diagnosis', 'physician·husband', 'result-related-information', 'meaningful-things before diagnosis-period', and 'locus-of-cause' dominated the life of the diagnosis-period. 'Treatment', 'unreliable-body', 'husband · people · mother · physician', 'treatment-related-uncertainty', 'hard-time', and 'waiting-time represented experiences in the treatment-period. Themes of living in the self-care-period were complex and included 'living-as-a-human', 'self-managing-of-diseased-body', 'positive-emotion', and 'connecting past · present · future'.
Conclusion
The results show that the experience of living for persons with cancer is influenced by each period's own situational-characteristics. Experiences of the diagnosis and treatment-period are negative disease-oriented while that of the self-care period is positive present-oriented.
Keywords: Neoplasms; Survival; Personal narratives; Computers; Analysis

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Table 1

Characteristics of the Authors of the Cancer Survival Stories (N=29)

Table 2

The Word Morphemes Used with High Rates in Narratives of Whole Period, Diagnosis Period, Treatment Period, and Self-care Period

^*The use-rates of the morphemes in the 21st Century Sejong Modern Korean Corpora representing laymen's use.

^†The word-morphemes used with a high rate only in that period.

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An Analysis of Cancer Survival Narratives Using Computerized Text Analysis Program

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2014;44(3):328-338. Published online June 30, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.3.328

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An Analysis of Cancer Survival Narratives Using Computerized Text Analysis Program

Table 1

Characteristics of the Authors of the Cancer Survival Stories (N=29)

Table 2

The Word Morphemes Used with High Rates in Narratives of Whole Period, Diagnosis Period, Treatment Period, and Self-care Period

^*The use-rates of the morphemes in the 21st Century Sejong Modern Korean Corpora representing laymen's use.

^†The word-morphemes used with a high rate only in that period.

Table 1 Characteristics of the Authors of the Cancer Survival Stories (N=29)

Table 2 The Word Morphemes Used with High Rates in Narratives of Whole Period, Diagnosis Period, Treatment Period, and Self-care Period

^*The use-rates of the morphemes in the 21st Century Sejong Modern Korean Corpora representing laymen's use.

^†The word-morphemes used with a high rate only in that period.