Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate how married women with breast cancer adapted themselves after breast surgery and to evaluate selected variables related to adaptation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred participants were married women with breast cancer who met the inclusion criteria from November 2017 to February 2018. To collect data, we compiled the demographic questionnaire and clinical data form, the adaptation of breast cancer questionnaire, and the social support scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and Pearson’s product moment correlation. RESULT: The average age of participants was 54.37 years (SD = 9.50). The mean duration after breast surgery was seven months (SD = 3.26). One-third of the participants (35 %) received a combination therapy of surgery and chemotherapy. The results showed that the participants had a high adaptation level. Among four modes of adaptation, high levels of adaptation were found for physiological and role-function modes, but moderate levels for the self-concept and interdependence modes. It was found that social support was positively related to adaptation (r = 0.436, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The findings are significant for guiding the intervention by promoting social support among married women after breast surgery.
Highlights
Material and MethodsThis study was a descriptive correlational design. The sample size was calculated using the G* power software program.[19]
OBJECTIVES: To investigate how married women with breast cancer adapted themselves after breast surgery and to evaluate selected variables related to adaptation
The findings of this study are useful for health care providers to understand the adaptation of women after surgery based on Roy’s Adaptation Model
Summary
This study was a descriptive correlational design. The sample size was calculated using the G* power software program.[19]. It was originally developed by Toljamo and Hentinen,[20] based on the concept of social support, as defined by House This questionnaire was translated into the Thai language with minor modifications by Leelacharas.[21] This questionnaire consists of 12 items with a five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree). After the approval of the Institutional Review Board, participants who met the inclusion criteria were approached They were informed of the purpose of the study, as well as the confidentiality of their responses and their right to refuse to participate at any time without any effect on their care or treatments they would receive from the hospital. Descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, range of score, mean, and standard deviation (SD), were used to analyze the demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants, as well as their levels of adaptation and social support. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationships of adaptation and age, social support, and time after breast surgery
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