Open AccessIllness perceptions and perceived social support among glioblastoma survivors during hospitalization
Author(s) -
Birudu Raju,
K. Jayashankar Reddy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_829_17
Subject(s) - social support , perception , medicine , descriptive statistics , disease , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a terminal form of illness. Illness perceptions play vital role in illness behavior and managing the disease. GBM cancer survivor's illness perceptions and their perceived social support is not systematically studied. Therefore, study aimed to understand the illness perceptions and perceived social support of GBM survivors during hospitalization.