Relationships among social support, decision self-efficacy, and decision regret in colorectal chemotherapy cancer patients: A mediating model.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to identify the factors associated with decision regret among colorectal cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in China and to determine whether decision self-efficacy mediates the relationship between social support and decision regret.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted using convenience sampling with 243 colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. From 29 July 2025-2 October 2025., all participants were recruited from a tertiary hospital in Inner Mongolia, China. Data were collected through a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, the Social Support Scale, the Decision Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Three-Dimensional Decision Regret Scale. Non-parametric tests were employed to analyze associated factors, and mediation anal

SUBMITTER: Duan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12810780 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature