Social Support and Hopelessness in Patients with Breast Cancer

Öztunç, Gürsel; Yeşil, Pınar; Paydaş, Semra; Erdoğan, Semra

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.1.571

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“…Results from Turkey showed that that hopelessness of breast cancer patients decreased with the increase in their social support (Oztunc et al, 2013). A pilot study from the same country showed that group therapy leads to significant reduction in depression, anxiety and distress for patients with breast cancer (Yavuzsen et al, 2012).…”

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Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being of Breast Cancer Survivors in Jordan

Abu-Helalah¹,

Al-Hanaqta²,

Alshraideh³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being of Breast Cancer Survivors in Jordan

Abu-Helalah¹,

Al-Hanaqta²,

Alshraideh³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women with the highest fatality rates (Oluwatosin and Oladepo, 2006;Smith et al, 2006;Ozdemir et al, 2007;Montazeri et al, 2008;Habib et al, 2010;Amosu et al 2011;Sambanje and Mafuvadze, 2012;Shieh et al, 2012;Koca et al, 2013;Kratzke et al, 2013;Oztunc et al, 2013). Globally, cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer and third most common type of cancer after breast and lung cancers among women (Acikgoz et al, 2011;Adekanle et al, 2011;Sogukpinar et al, 2013).…”

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Awareness and Practices Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer among Turkish Women in Gazientep

Karadağ¹,

Güngörmüş²,

Sürücü³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: Cancer is a major public health problem both in our country and worldwide due to its disease burden, fatality and tendency for increased incidence. In Turkey, breast cancer ranks first with an incidence of 41.6% and cervical cancer is the tenth most common cancer with an incidence of 4.4%. Objectives and Design: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 240 women aged from 15 to 65 years admitted to a gynecology-obstetrics outpatient clinic of a private hospital in Gaziantep. Study data were collected by the investigators through a 36-item questionnaire form which was generated using information gathered from similar surveys in the literature. Results: It was determined that 34.6% of women were high-school graduates, and 64.2% had a medium income level. The majority (79.2%) stated that they never performed BSE and 49.5% of them said that they did not know how to do it. Some 79.2% did not know what a Pap smear was and 73.3% had not experienced a smear test ever. Conclusions: In this study, we found that most of the women had insufficient knowledge of breast and cervical cancer, while knowledge and practices increased with the education level. Based on these findings, we suggest that there is a need for planning, implementation and assessment of health policies and healthcare services at the national and regional level and we believe that nurses working in the field of protective health services should develop educational programmes for women with a primary focus on cancer in order to increase awareness among the female population in Turkey.

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“…Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women with the highest fatality rates (Koca et al, 2013;Kratzke et al, 2013;Oztunc et al, 2013). Considering that breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women with an increasing incidence, there is a need to develop community-based, wellorganized screening programs for breast cancer instead of coincidental screening of women (Acikgoz et al, 2011) because early diagnosis is the most effective way to reduce morbidity and mortality of breast cancer (Kanaga et al, 2011).…”

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Level of Awareness of Cervical and Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Safe Practices among College Teachers of Different States in India: Do Awareness Programmes Have an Impact on Adoption of Safe Practices?

Shankar¹,

Rath²,

Roy³

et al. 2015

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Background: Breast and cervical cancers are the most common causes of cancer mortality among women in India, but actually they are largely preventable diseases. Although early detection is the only way to reduce morbidity and mortality, there are limited data on breast and cervical cancer knowledge, safe practices and attitudes of teachers in India. The purpose of this study is to assess the level of awareness and impact of awareness programs in adoption of safe practices in prevention and early detection. Materials and Methods: This assessment was part of a pink chain campaign on cancer awareness. During cancer awareness events in 2011 at various women colleges in different parts in India, a pre-test related to cervical cancer and breast cancer was followed by an awareness program. Post-tests using the same questionnaire were conducted at the end of the interactive session, at 6 months and 1 year. Results: A total of 156 out of 182 teachers participated in the study (overall response rate was 85.7 %). Mean age of the study population was 42.4 years (range-28-59 yrs). There was a significant increase in level of knowledge regarding cervical and breast cancer at 6 months and this was sustained at 1 year. Adoption of breast self examination (BSE) was significantly more frequent in comparison to CBE, mammography and the Pap test. Magazines and newspapers were sources for knowledge regarding screening tests for breast cancer in more than 60% of teachers where as more than 75% were educated by doctors regarding the Pap test. Post awareness at 6 months and 1 year, there was a significant change in alcohol and smoking habits. Major reasons for not doing screening test were found to be ignorance (50%), lethargic attitude (44.8%) and lack of time (34.6%). Conclusions: Level of knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, symptoms and screening methods was high as compared to cervical cancer. There was a significant increase in level of knowledge regarding cervical and breast cancer at 6 months and this was sustained at 1 year. Adoption of BSE was significantly greater in comparison to CBE, mammography and the Pap test. To inculcate safe practices in lifestyle of people, awareness programmes such as pink chain campaign should be conducted more widely and frequently.

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Social Support and Hopelessness in Patients with Breast Cancer

Cited by 51 publications

References 23 publications

Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being of Breast Cancer Survivors in Jordan

Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being of Breast Cancer Survivors in Jordan

Awareness and Practices Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer among Turkish Women in Gazientep

Level of Awareness of Cervical and Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Safe Practices among College Teachers of Different States in India: Do Awareness Programmes Have an Impact on Adoption of Safe Practices?

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