Open AccessA comparative study on perceived stress, coping, quality of life, and hopelessness between cancer patients and survivors
Author(s) -
Ottlingam Somasundaram Ravindran,
Athira Shankar,
Tejus Murthy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_1_19
Subject(s) - beck hopelessness scale , coping (psychology) , medicine , distress , stressor , checklist , clinical psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , cancer , psychiatry , psychology , anxiety , beck depression inventory , nursing , cognitive psychology
Cancer patients and survivors need to cope with many physical and emotional stressors. This cross-sectional study compared the perceived stress, coping, quality of life (QOL), and hopelessness between cancer patients and cancer survivors and examined the relationship of perceived stress with coping, QOL, and hopelessness in cancer patients and cancer survivors.