31 participants from Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, and the Western Cape, South Africa, contributed to this qualitative dataset. It contains anonymized quotes from focus group discussions with breast and cervical cancer patients who had completed treatment, collected by Sarah Day and published on figshare in March 2026. The data explores themes of care personalization, self-advocacy, and intersecting vulnerabilities in the cancer care continuum.
Use Cases
- Analyze patient-reported experiences of (de)personalized care based on qualitative quotes.
- Study the role of self-advocacy in cancer treatment journeys based on participant narratives.
- Investigate how intersecting social identities and comorbidities shape healthcare access based on described themes.
Strengths
- Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.
- Includes contributions from 31 participants across three South African provinces.
- Focuses on patient voices, an area described as 'predominantly missing' from literature.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.
Provenance
- Source
- Sarah Day via figshare.
- Collection Method
- Collected via six focus group discussions using patient journey mapping methodology.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 17:34:14; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, and Western Cape, South Africa.