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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: From existential uncertainty to a new mindset promoting recovery: Exploring the development of uncertainty experience in women with vulvar neoplasia – A qualitative longitudinal study

# Participant

Nationality

Age in years

Diagnosis

Pre-existing chronic condition

Disease-related events during the study period

1

Switzerland

56

VIN (Initial)

Chronic pain due to nerve injury

Occurrence and prolonged persistence of an erythema

2

Switzerland

64

VC (Initial)

Alcoholism

Delayed wound healing, recurrence

3

Austria

28

VC (Initial)

None

Hospitalization due to postoperative sepsis

4

Austria

67

VC (Recurrence)

None

Persistent pain

5

Austria

80

VIN (Reccurence)

Uterine & cervical cancer

Bladder symptoms and a recurrence

6

Austria

85

VC (Recurrence)

None

None

7

Austria

56

VIN (Initial)

None

None

  1. Abbreviations: VIN = Vulvar intraepithelial Neoplasia, VC = Vulvar Cancer