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Study on improving social support of breast cancer patients at rehabilitative stage by group intervention

WEI Jia-ling, LU Yan, LU Liu-mei, ZHANG Nan, SHEN Kun-wei, FANG Qiong   

  1. Center of Breast Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2014-09-28 Published:2014-09-26
  • Supported by:

    Soft Science Research Project of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality，13692109004; Scientific Research Innovation Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Committee,12ZS107

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Abstract:

Objective To explore the effects of group intervention on improving the social support of breast cancer patients at rehabilitative stage. Methods Four weeks of group intervention was performed for 57 breast cancer patients at rehabilitative stage, including information support, peer support, example guidance, etc. The variations of social support level of patients were assessed by the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) before, after, and 3 months after the intervention. Results The total score of social support and scores of the availability of objective support and usingsupport before, after, and 3 months after the intervention increased with time (P<0.001). But the difference of scores of subjective support before and after the intervention was not statistically significant (P>0.05). Conclusion The group intervention can improve the social support of breast cancer patients at rehabilitative stage. Medical staff should pay more attention to breast cancer patients at rehabilitative stage.

Key words: breast cancer, group intervention, social support