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The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients
INTRODUCTION: The aim of the present study is to carry out a multidimensional analysis of the relationship of social support with quality of life and the stress perceived by cancer patients. METHODS: The participants were 200 patients with cancer. Data was gathered on sociodemographic characteristic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983427/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33736509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534735421994905 |
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author | Ruiz-Rodríguez, Iván Hombrados-Mendieta, Isabel Melguizo-Garín, Anabel Martos-Méndez, Mª José |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The aim of the present study is to carry out a multidimensional analysis of the relationship of social support with quality of life and the stress perceived by cancer patients. METHODS: The participants were 200 patients with cancer. Data was gathered on sociodemographic characteristics, health, quality of life, social support and perceived stress. RESULTS: Frequency of and satisfaction with different sources and types of support are related positively with improvement of quality of life and negatively with perceived stress. The emotional support from the partner and the emotional and informational support from the family are significant predictors of quality of life. Emotional support from the family reduces patients’ perceived stress. Satisfaction with emotional support from the partner and with the informational support from friends and family increases quality of life. Satisfaction with emotional support from the family and with informational support from friends decreases patients’ perceived stress. Instrumental support and support provided by health professionals are not good predictors of quality of life and perceived stress. Satisfaction with the support received is more significantly related with quality of life and stress than the frequency with which the sources provide support. CONCLUSIONS: These results have important practical implications to improve cancer patients’ quality of life and reduce their perceived stress through social support. Designing intervention strategies to improve satisfaction with the support provided to patients by their closest networks results in a global benefit for the patient’s quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-79834272021-03-31 The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Ruiz-Rodríguez, Iván Hombrados-Mendieta, Isabel Melguizo-Garín, Anabel Martos-Méndez, Mª José Integr Cancer Ther Research Article INTRODUCTION: The aim of the present study is to carry out a multidimensional analysis of the relationship of social support with quality of life and the stress perceived by cancer patients. METHODS: The participants were 200 patients with cancer. Data was gathered on sociodemographic characteristics, health, quality of life, social support and perceived stress. RESULTS: Frequency of and satisfaction with different sources and types of support are related positively with improvement of quality of life and negatively with perceived stress. The emotional support from the partner and the emotional and informational support from the family are significant predictors of quality of life. Emotional support from the family reduces patients’ perceived stress. Satisfaction with emotional support from the partner and with the informational support from friends and family increases quality of life. Satisfaction with emotional support from the family and with informational support from friends decreases patients’ perceived stress. Instrumental support and support provided by health professionals are not good predictors of quality of life and perceived stress. Satisfaction with the support received is more significantly related with quality of life and stress than the frequency with which the sources provide support. CONCLUSIONS: These results have important practical implications to improve cancer patients’ quality of life and reduce their perceived stress through social support. Designing intervention strategies to improve satisfaction with the support provided to patients by their closest networks results in a global benefit for the patient’s quality of life. SAGE Publications 2021-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7983427/ /pubmed/33736509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534735421994905 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ruiz-Rodríguez, Iván Hombrados-Mendieta, Isabel Melguizo-Garín, Anabel Martos-Méndez, Mª José The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients |
title | The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and
Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of
Cancer Patients |
title_full | The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and
Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of
Cancer Patients |
title_fullStr | The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and
Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of
Cancer Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and
Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of
Cancer Patients |
title_short | The Association of Sources of Support, Types of Support and
Satisfaction with Support Received on Perceived Stress and Quality of Life of
Cancer Patients |
title_sort | association of sources of support, types of support and
satisfaction with support received on perceived stress and quality of life of
cancer patients |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983427/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33736509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534735421994905 |
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