Abstract
Introduction: Developing patients’ tolerance in receiving treatment and enhancing their life expectancy has been increasingly recognized as the important end-points in cancer disease. Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed at exploring the relationship between received social support and its correlation with life expectancy in cancer patients during chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: Around 210 cancer patients were selected through simple sampling procedure from the clinics of Isfahan medical science University, Iran. Sherbourne and Stewart questionnaire and Miller questionnaire were used to assess social support and life expectancy, respectively. The collected data were analyzed by independent t test and linear regression. Results: We found a significant positive correlation between total social support score and life expectancy scores. Additionally, a significant positive correlation between different aspects of social support — tangible support, emotional support and kindness—with positive social interaction and life expectancy was detected. Conclusion: Our results highlights that social support may develop life expectancy in cancer patients depending on the extent of disease; however, extensive and longitudinal studies on social support and life expectancy in cancer patients should be performed.
Highlights
Developing patients’ tolerance in receiving treatment and enhancing their life expectancy has been increasingly recognized as the important end-points in cancer disease
Regarding the importance of social support and hopefulness in patient’s capacity to endure chemotherapy, and considering the importance of hope in struggling against cancer, the present study aims at investigating the relationship between social support and life expectancy in cancer patients during chemotherapy
The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between social support and life expectancy in cancer patients during chemotherapy in clinics of Isfahan medical university between the years of 2017 and 2018
Summary
Developing patients’ tolerance in receiving treatment and enhancing their life expectancy has been increasingly recognized as the important end-points in cancer disease. Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed at exploring the relationship between received social support and its correlation with life expectancy in cancer patients during chemotherapy. Results: We found a significant positive correlation between total social support score and life expectancy scores. A significant positive correlation between different aspects of social support — tangible support, emotional support and kindness—with positive social interaction and life expectancy was detected. The patients who suffer from different types of cancers have different mental disorders ranging from depression, anxiety, incompatibility with the disease, and decreased confidence to emotional disorders, fear of relapse, and death (2).
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