Abstract

Sheth Neha D.* and Dr. Vipin D. Naik

ABSTRACT

Background: The aim of the study is to identify the effect of factors of social wellbeing on breast cancer patients. Measurement of quality of life is indispensable in chronic disease like cancer. Health Related Quality of Life has four major dimensions; physical, psychological, social and spiritual. India has unique social culture compared to rest of the world. Here social responsibility is an obligation. In this scenario dealing with patients give huge effect on their social wellbeing. Thus, effort is made to extract the factors that affect the social wellbeing of patients. It also identifies the association between different demographic variables and effect of communication with society on breast cancer patients. Methods: The study was conducted on 318 women breast cancer patients from different hospitals of Surat through personal interview. The structured instrument developed particularly for Indian culture was utilized for measurement of social wellbeing of breast cancer patients. Result: Social interaction, social relation and social support are the three major factors that affect the social wellbeing of breast cancer patients. Young patients get disturbed by social interaction and feel more loneliness. Worries about their own future are more in patients with lower education. Worries about family members are more in married women. Conclusion: Social interaction, relation and support create impact on cancer patients. The study suggests that more efforts must be given to measurement of social functioning of breast cancer women to improve overall quality of life of breast cancer patients.