EXPLORE THE WAYS OF COPING AMONG CANCER PATIENTS AT SELECTED HOSPITAL OF HARYANA
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
e experience of being diagnosed with and treated for cancer is an extremely stressful experience for most individuals. The purpose of the study was to explore the ways of coping among cancer patients. The study involved 100 cancer patients. The data was collected by using standardized tool-ways of coping scale (WAYS). Participants reported that seeking social support was the most frequently used ways of coping after being diagnosed with cancer. Patients spoke about supportive relationships as a key contributor to growth as well as a fruition of their experience. Most of the patients were using single coping behavior to cope with the cancer diagnosis and only few patients were using three coping behaviors. The association of ways of coping with demographic variables suggests that ways of coping was associated with occupation (6.63) and clinical variable suggest that ways of coping was associated with duration of diagnosis (14.35) at 0.05 level of significance.
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Poonam Ahlawat
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