Social isolation, coping efficacy, and social well-being over time in patients with lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little work has examined how coping efficacy and lung cancer-related social isolation relate to social well-being in the context of a patient's computed tomography (CT) scan. Researchers tested the cross-sectional relationship of social isolation and social well-being, and the longitudinal relationship between coping efficacy and social well-being before CT scans.

Method

25 patients with lung cancer, within 6 months of their upcoming CT scan, participated. Baseline surveys collected clinical information, demographics, and social isolation; repeated monthly surveys collected coping efficacy and social well-being every 30 days until one's scan.

Results

[Cross-sectional] High levels of social isolation were associated with low levels of social well-being. [Lon

SUBMITTER: Dunsmore VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364695 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature