A Quantitative Analysis of Social Effects of Cancer Patients and Its Impacts on Quality of Life

Abstract

Purpose of the study: The present study explores the social effects of cancer patients and their impacts on their quality of life (QoL).
 Methodology: A cross-sectional based study was conducted in district Dir lower from a cancer patient (n=155). A structured questionnaire technique was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were carried out for both variables, i.e. dependent variable (QoL) and independent variable (Social effects of cancer patients).
 Principal Findings: Among all 155 sampled respondents, 75.5% were male, having 42.6% had age group of 26-40 years, 79.9% were married, 47.1% were literate, and 32.3% were dependent on family members on economic terms. However, the perceptions of cancer patients with regards to social effects of Cancer majority 76.8% were proclaimed that social support decline cancer illness, 71% stated that religious doctrine gives spiritual healings, 70.3% dismantled that after cancer family supports us, 45.2% were reported that Cancer is a fatalistic disease, and 51.6% proclaimed that preference is given to male over a female concerning cancer disease respectively.
 Applications of this study: Cancer affects social life, especially domestic affairs; however, this study was not primarily identified cancer diagnoses parameters due to the cross-sectional and perception nature of the study. A longitudinal follow-up study is the order of the day to determine whether there is any link between sociological and Cancer contexts.
 Novelty/Originality of this study: This study is an attempt to insight into the sociological exploration of cancer patients effects through perceptional based research methodology/ Likert Scale procedure along with quantitative research design to measure the association between the aforementioned variable above with an amalgamation of an addition in the field of medical sociology.