A study on correlation between postoperative survival quality with social support and coping style of main caregivers in elderly patients with laryngeal carcinoma surgery
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2017.17.029
- VernacularTitle:老年喉癌术后患者生存质量与社会支持及其主要照顾者应对方式的相关性研究
- Author:
Wenbo XU
- Keywords:
laryngeal neoplasms;
quality of life;
social support;
coping style
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2017;46(17):2396-2398
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between postoperative survival quality with social support and coping style of the main caregivers in the elderly patients with laryngeal carcinoma surgery.Methods A total of 60 inpatients with laryngeal carcinoma surgery and their main caregivers were investigated by the Medical University of Washington Quality of Life Scale (UW-QOL),Coping Styles Questionnaire(CSQ) and Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS).And the obtained data were statistically analyzed by adopting the statistical methods such as Pearsons correlation analysis.Results The postoperative survival quality of the elderly patients with laryngeal carcinoma surgery was generally lower.The social support was in the medium level.The main caregivers adopted more coping style of solving problem and seeking help.The patients' survival quality showed significantly positive correlation with the social support(P＜0.05),significantly positive correlation with the main caregivers' solving problems and seeking help coping style(P＜0.05),and significantly negative correlation with the main caregivers' self-accusation and withdraw and keep off coping style(P＜0.05).Conclusion Increasing the social support level and the main caregivers taking a positive the coping style to face the disease have an important significance for improving the quality of life in elderly patients with laryngeal carcinoma.
