Influencia de las características demográficas y variables clínicas en la percepción de apoyo social en pacientes con cáncer

Abstract

Abstract:The purpose of this study was to evaluate how socio-demographic and clinical variables were related to the different dimensions of perceived social support in cancer patients receiving oncology treatment. The sample included 740 cancer out-patients. Socio-demographic and clinical predictors showed lower levels of variance in each dimension of social support. Patients reported less perceived instrumental support at a longer duration since diagnosis. Women perceived less instrumental support than men (p < 0.01). Also, signifi cant group differences were observed for patients who were married compared with non partnered. Patients with personal psychiatric antecedents compared with non psychiatric antecedent, perceived signifi cantly less Emotional/Informational (p < 0.01) and Affective support (p < 0.01), in addition to lower scores in overall index of social support (p < 0.01). The fi ndings point out that assessing socio-demographic and illness-related characteristics of cancer patients can lead to a better understanding of the differences in perceived social support.Key words: Emotional/informational support; affective support; instrumental support; gender; time since diagnosis; partner status; psychiatric antecedent; cancer. Infl uencia de las características demográfi cas y variables clínicas en la percepción de apoyo social en pacientes con cáncerResumen: El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar cómo las características socio-demográfi cas y clínicas, estaban relacionadas con diferentes dimensiones de apoyo social percibido en pacientes con cáncer durante el tratamiento oncológico. Formaban la muestra 740 pacientes con cáncer. Las características socio-demográfi cas y clínicas eran poco predictoras de la varianza en cada dimensión de apoyo social. Los pacientes informaban menor percepción de apoyo instrumental a mayor tiempo transcurrido del diagnostico. Las mujeres percibían menos apoyo instrumental que los hombres (p < 0.01). Con diferencias signifi cativa entre pacientes casados y aquellos sin pareja. Los pacientes con antecedentes psiquiátricos percibían menos apoyo Emocional/Informacional (p < 0.01) y Afectivo (p < 0.01), además de bajas puntuaciones en el índice general de apoyo social (p < 0.01). Los resultados señalan que, la valoración socio-demográfi ca y de variables relacionadas con la enfermedad en pacientes con cáncer puede ayudar a un mejor entendimiento de las diferencias en apoyo social percibido.

Factors Related to the Needs of Parents Having School Age Thalassemic Children

“…Spending time with friends and talking with parents of thalassemia is the most important thing for mothers compared to fathers. Emotional support is usually obtained from friends and family, while information support involves health professionals (Mediani et al, 2017;Requena, Arnal, & Gil, 2015). This current research is in line with the research conducted by Maunder (2012) which showed that in a multivariate manner, parent gender is the factor most related to parental needs (OR 3.6).…”

“…Limited information obtained by parents and poor communication from the nurses causes delays in parents' ability to care for children (Pelentsov, Fielder, Laws & Esterman, 2016). Support of physicians, nurses, psychologists/psychiatrists and nutritionists is the most important source for parents during treatment (Baer, 2013;Requena, Arnal & Gil, 2015). During the treatment is the right time to receive emotional support and information as one of the interventions of health professionals (Mediani et al, 2017: Requena, Arnal, Gil, 2015.…”

“…Support of physicians, nurses, psychologists/psychiatrists and nutritionists is the most important source for parents during treatment (Baer, 2013;Requena, Arnal & Gil, 2015). During the treatment is the right time to receive emotional support and information as one of the interventions of health professionals (Mediani et al, 2017: Requena, Arnal, Gil, 2015. It is therefore nurses as patient advocate should more aware about the patients and their family needs.…”

Assessment of the level of social support and associated factors among cancer patients in the comprehensive cancer center at Ethiopia: Ordinal logistic regression analysis level of social support and associated factors among cancer patients

“…The previous study bared that socio-demographic factors could determine the level of social support among cancer diagnosed patients. As a result of the number of individuals in the family, partners situation, status social interaction and status Information perceived by individuals determine the status of social support [ 24 ]. The other discrepancies perhaps due to the difference in psychometric properties of the scale.…”

Apoyo social percibido y factores sociodemográficos en relación con los síntomas de ansiedad, depre- sión y estrés en universitarios chilenos

“…A pesar de que las magnitudes de los coeficientes de determinación (R 2 ) eran bajas (entre .073 y .156), estos valores se asemejan a los obtenidos en otras investigaciones sobre el efecto predictivo del apoyo social percibido (Costa-Requena, Ballester y Gil, 2015). Probablemente la variable apoyo social percibido de la familia, por sí sola no desempeña un papel predictor tan alto como el que podría derivarse en conjunto con otras variables protectoras de la salud mental, lo cual invita a estudiar otras variables, tales como la autoestima o características de personalidad, las cuales influyen en la salud mental y podrían aumentar y complementar el porcentaje de varianza explicado (Costa-Requena, et al, 2015;Novoa y Barra, 2015; San Martin y Barra, 2013).…”