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dc.contributor.advisorMirghafourvand, Mojgan
dc.contributor.authorJafari Alimalek, Sima
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-26T04:29:05Z
dc.date.available2019-05-26T04:29:05Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.tbzmed.ac.ir/xmlui/handle/123456789/59999
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Following the increase in cancer patients’ life expectancy, they are mainly cared for at home rather than in a hospital. Since caregivers of patients with breast cancer are at a high risk of developing mental disorders and depression, their social support can have significant effects on improving the quality of their provided care. This study recruited 232 main caregivers of patients being treated for breast cancer at Omid Hospital (Urmia, Iran) during 2014. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) 85-Part II were used to assess caregivers' mental health and perceived social support, respectively. Data analysis showed that the mean scores of perceived social support and mental health were significant. The mean scores of the GHQ-28 and its somatic symptoms and anxiety/insomnia subscales were inversely related to the mean score of perceived social support. Moreover, perceived social support was directly related with social dysfunction and depression. In fact, higher scores on the GHQ-28 suggested poorer mental health which was associated with lower social support. These relationships were significant in case of total scores of the GHQ-28 and all its subscales except somatic symptoms.en_US
dc.language.isofaen_US
dc.publisherTabriz University of Medical Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwiferyen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dspace.tbzmed.ac.ir:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/59998en_US
dc.subjectKeywords: Breast Cancer; Perceived Social Support; Mental Health; Caregivers.en_US
dc.titleMental Health and Its Relationship to Perceived Social Support in Caregivers of Patients with Breast Cancer, 2014en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.supervisorMalakouti, Jamileh
dc.contributor.supervisorSehhatie Shafaie, Fahimeh
dc.identifier.docnoپ505en_US
dc.identifier.callno505en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMidwifery Educationen_US
dc.description.disciplineMidwiferyen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Midwiferyen_US


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