Abstract
This research was aimed to develop a measure of Psychosocial Issues of Hysterectomy Cancer Patient Scale. For this purpose, psychosocial issues were explored from 160 ovarian cancer patients using mix method research design (both quantitative and qualitative) was used to explore the mental health functioning emotional, psychological and psycho-social concerns, behavioral changes, material relationship within the context of Pakistani society. A list of 27 items was converted into a self-report measure psychosocial issue of hysterectomy. Factor analysis was applied to collected data of 160 participants. KMO was found to be 0.87 whereas Bartlett’s test of sphericity was significant at .000 level and found out to have acceptable psychometric properties. KEYWORDS: Psychosocial Issues, Cancer, Scale Development, Hysterectomy
Highlights
Pakistan is a third world country and there is a need to investigate the different potential elements of troubles that accompanied malignancy
After pilot study the finalized items of the psychosocial issues of hysterectomy the underlying factor structure was determined by obtaining a principal component solution
The results indicated that all the factors in psychosocial scale of hysterectomy have significant positive correlation
Summary
Pakistan is a third world country and there is a need to investigate the different potential elements of troubles that accompanied malignancy. In man centric culture of Pakistan a few issues of females go unaddressed, especially with ovarian disease. A female needs to absolutely depend on her close accomplice, for being living in man centric framework. Ovarian disease can open a female to shaky conjugal life, dread of being surrender by spouse and second marriage by him. Things become more troublesome if the female accomplice has no kids before finding ( ovarian malignancy) that clear way for conjugal disagreement and sometimes separation. The examination endeavors to disclose these covered issues to aid satisfactory strategy development, determination of suitable treatment convention, utilization of fundamental psychosocial mediations to guarantee psychological well-being working and a native assortment of information to enlighten their experience of the sickness (Faisal, Muhammad, Rafshan, Sajid, Sajida & Shahid, 2019)
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