Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate how socio-demographic and clinical variables were related to the different dimensions of perceived social support in cancer patients receiving oncology treatment. The sample included 740 cancer out-pa- tients. Socio-demographic and clinical predictors showed lower levels of variance in each dimension of social support. Patients reported less perceived instrumental support at a longer duration since diagnosis. Women perceived less instrumental support than men (p < 0.01). Also, signifi cant group differences were observed for patients who were married compared with non part- nered. Patients with personal psychiatric antecedents compared with non psychiatric antecedent, perceived signifi cantly less Emotional/Informational (p < 0.01) and Affective support (p < 0.01), in addition to lower scores in overall index of social sup- port (p < 0.01). The fi ndings point out that assessing socio-demographic and illness-related characteristics of cancer patients can lead to a better understanding of the differences in perceived social support.
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