Abstract
Background: Fear of cancer recurrence is a long-term psychological problem of the cancer survivors regardless of the type of cancer. A growing number of studies had addressed fear of cancer recurrence, yet they are largely focused on the breast cancer survivors of the western world countries. This study investigates the fear of cancer recurrence and its relations to social support in Indonesian gynecological cancer survivors. Methods: Gynecological cancer survivors (n = 153) in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia completed Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory, Interpersonal Support Evaluation List, socio-demographic and clinically-related characteristics questionnaires. Pearson r correlation tests, t-tests, and ANOVAs were used to identify the relationships between variables, and linear regression to determine to what extent the social support may predict the survivors? fear of recurrence. Results: Indonesian gynecological cancer survivors with higher social support were more likely to experience lower levels of fear of cancer recurrence. Whereas, having a family history of cancer was an important predictor of fear of cancer recurrence levels. Conclusion: Social support plays an essential role in predicting fear of cancer recurrence among Indonesian gynecological cancer survivors.
Highlights
Despite some conflicting findings of the Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) prevalence and its relations for understanding and addressing this problem.with the cancer prognosis and survival, a recent review suggests that On a different note, Indonesian people hold a strong collectivist cultureFCR is a ubiquitous and persistent among the cancer survivors and is [18]
The majority of the participants was married diagnosed with stage four gynecological cancer (GC), and had a family history of cancer
Our results show that social support is negatively correlated with FCR, meaning the GC survivors with greater social support are more likely to have lower FCR
Summary
FCR is a ubiquitous and persistent among the cancer survivors and is [18]. Studies found that in Indonesia GC survivors received social, strongly associated with lower quality of life (QOL) [5]. Incidence has been much evident [6]. Whether this common social feature may influence the FCR among the. Many different factors can influence FCR, including sociodemographic, GC survivors in Indonesia is yet unknown. Prior studies indicated that ducted to assess the relationship of FCR with social support and sociocultural background may account for variance of FCR [8,9].
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