Ernest, Mangantig
(2009)
The psychological well being of
breast cancer patients receiving
chemotherapytreatmentatthe
oncology clinic of Hospital Universiti
Sains Malaysia
(HUSM).
Other.
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
Psychological status is one of the components of the patient's quality of life
(QOL), therefore, it is important to determine the patient's psychological well being
status since it is one of the indicators for the patient's QOL. Poor psychological well
being could influence disease process and response to treatment. Therefore, it is
important to supplement information regarding the psychological well being among
breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment as chemotherapy itself would
yield many distressing side effects. The objectives of this study are to determine the
psychological well being status of breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
treatment, to determine the association between the psychological well being status
and the socio-demographic variables among breast cancer patients and to identifY the
relationship between the psychological well being status and the common side effects
of chemotherapy treatment. This study is a quantitative and cross-sectional study.
Sixty breast cancer patients that were receiving chemotherapy participated in this
study. The instrument used is Psychological General Well Being Index with reliability
alpha 0.959. Results from this study revealed that 56.7% of the subjects had poor
psychological well being status and 43.3% had good psychological well being status.
The fmdings showed a significant association between psychological well being status
and the socio-demographic variables of age (0.00), marital status (0.04) and number
of chemotherapy cycle (0.03). The fmdings also showed a significant relationship between the psychological well being status and the common side effects of
chemotherapy treatment (fatigue, alopecia and appetite alteration). As a conclusion,
health care providers need to recognize certain socio-demographic factors such as age,
marital status and number of chemotherapy cycle that affects the patient's
psychological well being status and treatment that is most effective to prevent or treat
the side effects of chemotherapy need to be determine to improve the patient's
psychological well being status during chemotherapy treatment.
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