Social support and its correlated factors among cancer patients in Kerman

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MSc. student of sociology, Social Sciences department, faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

2 Assistant professor, PhD in social groups, Social Sciences department, faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: Cancer cause personal and social problems in all aspects of life and increase support needs of people. this study aimed to investigate correlated factors with social support in cancer patients.
 Material and Methods: This Research Was Kind of Analytical Cross-Sectional Study. the sample size of 300 cancer patients in Kerman referred to the health centers of Kerman, the samples were collected using systematic sampling Method.
 With A Quantitative Approach, Which Conducted in A Geodesic Way Through the Social Support Self-Made Questionnaire and demographic variables questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were measured through face validity and internal consistency and descriptive statistics and Pearson tests, T-Test and Tukey tests along with regression and path analysis.
Results: The results of this study showed that service-practical type of support has the highest average than other parts. The average of social support for cancer patients is different, but based on gender and marital status, there was no difference. Relationship between some variables include the employment, location, exact name and duration of illness with social support of cancer patients. While there is no significant statistical relationship between age, education level and income with cancer patients social support.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that social support in the life cycle of cancer patients is influenced by contextual and demographic variables (type of employment, place of residence, exact name of the disease and duration of the disease).

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