Effects of social support on life quality of surgical patients with breast cancer / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship between social support and quality of life in surgical patients with breast cancer. Methods Quality of life and social support status of 78 patients with breast cancer were evaluated by FACT-B and SSRS,and their correlation analysis was carried out Results The scores of emotional status and functional well - being in the aspact of life quality were lower (9.10±3.99,12.81 ±7.99) for patients with breast cancer, while total score of social support (36.93 ± 6.42) was higher than the average (34.56 ± 3.73). Life quality of breast cancer patients in terms of physiological condition, social/family status and emotional status were significantly positively related with total score of social support. Conclusions Social support was an important factor affecting the quality of life in breast cancer patients. Nurses should pay more attention to and make full use of social support resources of patients, in order to improve and enhance patients' quality of life through a variety of interventions.