Abstract
The present research tries to predict psychosocial adjustment based on psychological wellbeing and coping strategies in patients suffering from Lymphoma cancer and Leukemiain Tehran, Karaj and Rasht Cities. This research was conducted in 2013 and 2014. Using accessible sampling method, 200 patients who suffered from Lymphoma cancer and Leukemia (93 cancer patients and 107 Leukemia patients) were selected. In order to evaluate research variables, psychosocial adjustment questionnaire in chronic patients, Reef's psychological wellbeing questionnaire and Andler&Parker's questionnaire of coping strategies in stressful conditions were used. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that task-oriented coping strategies predict 14% of variations in psychosocial adjustment, emotion-oriented coping strategies predict 26% and avoidant coping strategies predict 23% and psychological wellbeing predicts 24% of variations in psychosocial adjustment variable. According to the results of the research, it can be said that task-oriented coping strategies and psychological wellbeing act like a dampener against stressful factors and chronic diseases. Moreover, psychological wellbeing acts as a positive factor in cancer patients and improves their psychosocial adjustment. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p3123
Highlights
Cancer is the second death factor across the world
2.2 Statistical population and sample: Statistical population of the research included all individuals who suffered from Lymphoma and Leukemia and referred to Tehran Shariati hospital, ValiAsr hospital of Tehran Imam Khomeini Complex, central Karaj Clinic, Rasht Razi Hospital and specialized Cancer Clinic of Rasht in 2013. 200 patients who referred to the mentioned hospitals were selected as sample size. 50 patients who suffered from Hodgkin cancer, 50 patients who suffered from non-Hodgkin cancer, 50 patients who suffered from acute Lymphoma and 50 patients who suffered from chronic Lymphoma were selected by means of accessible sampling. 7 questionnaires were incomplete and 4 participants did not cooperate and were set aside
Table 1: frequency distribution, percentage, means and SD in patients who suffer from Lymphoma and Leukemia based on gender total percentage frequency
Summary
Cancer is the second death factor across the world. Patients experience cognitive changes during disease period in order to understand different aspects of disease, finding a sense of overcoming and maintaining their self-confidence. Chronic diseases like cancer cause unique types of stress in patients and their families.A patient's adjustment and his/her compatibility and way of dealing with the disease affect the results of treatment and improvement trend (Drogits, 2002). Results of studies conducted by other researchers showed that psychosocial interventions are effective in depression, anxiety and life quality of cancer patients. He showed that spiritual and religious beliefs affect cancer treatment considerably His results showed that measurement of spirituality and wellbeing has a significant relationship with life quality of cancer patients and cancer survivors. Malak et al (2011) conducted a research titled: "relationship between psychosocial adjustment and hopelessness in women suffering from breast cancer" They studied 90 breast cancer patients who received radio-therapy and chemical-therapy in a super-specialized hospital in Turkey. Considering the above discussion, the present research predicts psychosocial adjustment using psychological wellbeing and coping styles
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