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Perceived Social Support and Its Social Determinants in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients in Zanjan, Iran, in 2018
Author(s) -
Alireza Shoghli,
Negar Ansari,
Nima Motamed,
Somayeh Abdollahi Sabet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of advances in medical and biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2676-6264
DOI - 10.30699/jambs.28.128.132
Subject(s) - social support , gastrointestinal cancer , cancer , psychology , medicine , social psychology , colorectal cancer
10.30699/jambs.28.128.132 Background & Objective: Social support helps patients cope with the outcomes of diseases and therapy side effects. However, there is little information about the social support status among Iranian cancer patients. This study assessed the amount of perceived social support status (SSQN) and satisfaction (SSQS) in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients based on socio-economic factors.

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