SOCIAL SUPPORT LEVELS AND COPING STYLES WITH STRESS OF CANCER PATIENTS PLANNED FOR STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Year 2023, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 7 - 17, 31.01.2023

Sümeyye İbrahimoğlu , Arzu Erkoç

https://doi.org/10.51972/tfsd.1142803

Abstract

Purpose: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an important treatment modality used in many benign and malignant diseases today. However, it can negatively affect life due to its side effects and increase the stress level of patients and their need for social support. In the literature, there is a need for studies about the coping styles and social support levels of cancer patients who are planning to have stem cell transplantation. This study was carried out to determine the social support levels and the styles of coping with stress of cancer patients with planned stem cell transplantation and to determine the relationship between them.

Material and Methods: A total of 68 cancer patients participated in this study, which was planned with descriptive and correlational design. The "Patient Information Form", "Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support" and "Styles of Coping with Stress" were used to collect data.

Results: Cancer patients with planned stem cell transplantation perceived social support most from their significant other. Positive attitudes of the patients (self-confident, optimistic) in coping with stress were at high level, and negative attitudes (desperate, submissive, seeking social support) were at moderate level. As the age of the patients increased, their approach to seeking social support decreased (r=-0.240; p=0.049). The social lives of the patients were affected more compared to their work and family life during the disease, and those living in the nuclear family used positive approaches more in coping with stress (p<0.05). It was observed that as the social support perceived by the patients from family and significant other increased, they used more positive stress coping styles.
Conclusion: Social support and coping with stress seem to be two important factors for cancer patients who are scheduled for stem cell transplantation. Patients and their families should be informed about the process and their active participation in nursing care should be ensured, and they should be helped to cope more effectively with the stress they experience due to transplantation.

Keywords

patient, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, cancer, social support, coping with stress

Thanks

This study was carried out as a master thesis at Graduate Education Institute, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa. We thank all the patients who participated in this study.

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