The Relationship Between Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting with Social Support and Anxiety in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 48 - 57, 31.01.2025

Yağmur Yaşa , Ezgi Karadağ

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1423674

Abstract

Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between anticipatory nausea and vomiting in
cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with social support and anxiety.
Material and Methods: This descriptive-correlational study involved 134 cancer patients receiving
chemotherapy at a university hospital and experiencing anticipatory nausea. Anxiety levels were
measured using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), while the severity of nausea was assessed using
the Visual Analog Scale (VAS-nausea), and social support levels were evaluated using the Cancer
Patient Social Support Scale (CPSSS). Descriptive statistics were employed to analyze demographic
characteristics. Independent sample t-tests, Kruskal-Wallis, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA),
Mann-Whitney U test, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and Pearson correlation analysis were used for
data analysis.
Results: Results showed that 62.7% experienced moderate to severe nausea post-chemotherapy,
with 57.5% having received prior chemotherapy. 61.2% reported minimal anxiety. Patients under
moderately emetogenic treatments exhibited higher anticipatory nausea scores. Anxiety inversely
correlated with social support, but no significant link was found between anticipatory nausea severity
and anxiety/social support levels.
Conclusion: The findings indicate that there is no relationship between anticipatory nausea and
vomiting, social support, and anxiety among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Keywords

Cancer, chemotherapy, anticipatory nausea and vomiting, anxiety, social support

The Relationship Between Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting with Social Support and Anxiety in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Abstract

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