Open AccessFamily Social Support and the Self-Esteem of Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Erik Aprilianto,
Sih Ageng Lumadi,
Feriana Ira Handian
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.579
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2279-9028
DOI - 10.4081/jphr.2021.2234
Subject(s) - breast cancer , social support , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , medicine , coping (psychology) , stressor , correlation , clinical psychology , oncology , simple random sample , chemotherapy , cancer , psychology , psychotherapist , statistics , population , geometry , environmental health , mathematics
Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is the first step in breast cancer treatment. However, the medical procedure causes stressors on the self-concept of patients, especially low selfesteem, due to the decrease in the function of their limbs. This research aims to investigate the correlation between family social support and the self-esteem of breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. It was conducted using a cross-sectional approach.Design and methods A sample of 56 people was selected by a simple random sampling technique, using a family social support questionnaire and the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale.Results Based on the Spearman Rho statistical test, it was found that the p-value was 0.000 with a correlation coefficient value of 0.762. This indicated that there was a strong positive correlation between family social support and patient self-esteem.Conclusions Families are the closest systems to patients that play an important role as a coping strategy and in disease management. Therefore, it is suggested that family community groups should be developed among families that have breast cancer patients through social networking.