Irak'daki meme kanserli kadınlarda sosyal destek algılaması ve ilişkili faktörlerinin incelenmesi

Objective:Thisresearchaimstoevaluateandexaminetheperceptionofsocial supportanditsassociatedfactorsinwomendiagnosedwithbreastcancer. StudyMethodology:A cross-sectional,descriptivestudywasconductedat AnbarSpecialized CancerCenterin Ramadi,Iraq,in the period between 09/03/2021 -25/7/2021 theresearchscientistconsistsofbreastcancer patientsinthiscenter.Thesamplenumberwasdeterminedtobenolessthan 150breastcancerpatientsfromDuringthesamplecalculationmethodincases wheretheuniverseisunknown.Datawerecollectedface-to-faceA"personal informationmodel"andamultidimensionalscaleofperceivedsocialsupport wereusedtocollectdata. Results:Thestudysampleconsistedoffemalesdiagnosedwithbreastcancer over35yearsold.Thesocialsupportprovidedtothemajorityofthestudy samplewasbyaprivateperson17.6±8.3,itwasdeterminedthatthereisa positive,statisticallysignificantrelationshipbetweensocialsupportandhaving children,income,familyhistoryofcancer,surgicaltreatment,chemotherapy, hormonaltherapy,targetedtherapy,familystructureatsignificancelevelp<.05 Conclusion:Itwasdeterminedthatthedegreesofsocialsupportforbreast cancerpatientswerehighfortheprivilegedperson,followedbythefamilyand finallyfriends,andithadapositiveimpactonthesepatients. KeyWords:Breastcancer,socialsupport,chemotherapy,hormonetherapy, targetedtherapy