TY - JOUR
T1 - The social experiences of cancer patients under treatment
T2 - A comparative study
AU - Tempelaar, Reike
AU - de Haes, J.C.J.M
AU - de Ruiter , J.H
AU - Bakker, D
AU - van den Heuvel (, W.J.A
AU - van Nieuwenhuijzen, M.G
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - As part of a larger study on the quality of life of cancer patients under treatment, the positive and negative experiences in social interaction have been examined as compared to those of a control group (nonpatients, n = 201). Two patient groups were included: 109 patients who had recently undergone surgery and 108 patients receiving chemotherapy. The respondents returned a mailed questionnaire. Contrary to the assumptions based on a review from the literature, cancer patients appear to have more positive and fewer negative social experiences than a random sample from the ‘normal’ population. Even under more severe medical circumstances (a poor prognosis or heavy chemotherapy, a large number of chemotherapy cycles, poor progress after surgery) the poorer the patients, medically speaking, the more help and support they perceive. The results of this study do not support the idea of stigmatization. The personality characteristics, neuroticism and self-esteem are especially important for the having of positive and negative experiences in social interaction. Positive social experiences show a relationship with self-esteem and negative social experiences show a relationship with neuroticism
AB - As part of a larger study on the quality of life of cancer patients under treatment, the positive and negative experiences in social interaction have been examined as compared to those of a control group (nonpatients, n = 201). Two patient groups were included: 109 patients who had recently undergone surgery and 108 patients receiving chemotherapy. The respondents returned a mailed questionnaire. Contrary to the assumptions based on a review from the literature, cancer patients appear to have more positive and fewer negative social experiences than a random sample from the ‘normal’ population. Even under more severe medical circumstances (a poor prognosis or heavy chemotherapy, a large number of chemotherapy cycles, poor progress after surgery) the poorer the patients, medically speaking, the more help and support they perceive. The results of this study do not support the idea of stigmatization. The personality characteristics, neuroticism and self-esteem are especially important for the having of positive and negative experiences in social interaction. Positive social experiences show a relationship with self-esteem and negative social experiences show a relationship with neuroticism
U2 - 10.1016/0277-9536(89)90183-4
DO - 10.1016/0277-9536(89)90183-4
M3 - Article
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 29
SP - 635
EP - 642
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
IS - 5
ER -