2.2Interview Results
After analyzing the interview data, three themes were finally derived:
(1) patients’ psychological distress after experiencing thyroid cancer;
(2) patients’ post-traumatic growth-promoting factors; and (3) patients’
post-traumatic growth experience. Among them, psychological distress
after experiencing thyroid cancer included two sub-themes of multiple
stressors and stress reactions; post-traumatic growth-promoting factors
of patients included three sub-themes of cognitive processing, positive
coping and multi-source support; post-traumatic growth experience of
patients included two sub-themes of personal change and interpersonal
relationship improvement.The thematic framework is shown in Figure 1.