The relationship between social support and quality of life in Iranian clients with Cancer | Zendy

Hojjat Torkmandi | Zendy; Esmail Heidaranlu | Zendy; Mojgan Firouzbakht | Zendy; Bahram Tahmasbi | Zendy; Maryam Ziyari | Zendy; Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh | Zendy; Goudarzian A.H | Zendy; Sharifnia S.H | Zendy; Mobin Mohammadinezhad | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

The relationship between social support and quality of life in Iranian clients with Cancer

Author(s) -

Hojjat Torkmandi,

Esmail Heidaranlu,

Mojgan Firouzbakht,

Bahram Tahmasbi,

Maryam Ziyari,

Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh,

Goudarzian A.H,

Sharifnia S.H,

Mobin Mohammadinezhad

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

iranian journal of cancer care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2676-4393

DOI - 10.29252/ijca.1.2.9

Subject(s) - social support , quality of life (healthcare) , descriptive statistics , disease , psychology , cancer , simple random sample , incidence (geometry) , family support , life quality , descriptive research , medicine , gerontology , clinical psychology , environmental health , social psychology , nursing , physical therapy , statistics , pathology , population , physics , mathematics , optics

Regarding the prevalence and incidence of cancer has been increased, it is important to conduct studies that are better suited to this chronic and stressful disease. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between social support and quality of life in cancer patients. Method: A simple random sampling method was used in this descriptivesectional study that was conducted in 2018. Data were collected using demographic questionnaire, FACT_G for assessing quality of life questionnaire and MPSS questionnaire in order to measure social support. Results: The mean and standard deviation of the patients presented in the study was 49.65±14.93. The results showed that social support had a significant relationship with physical (B = 0.16), psychological (B = 0.13), social (B = 0.29) and functional dimensions (B = 0.21) of quality of life. Conclusion: Patients need the support of healthcare system, family, and their relatives. Social support provided by family and friends is an important factor in influencing the quality of life of cancer patients. As a result, this process will make the cancer patients better adapted.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research