Perceived social support in African American breast cancer patients: Predictors and effects.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Social support plays an important role in quality of life and health outcomes after breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Objective

To examine changes in perceived social support in African American women during the two years following a new breast cancer diagnosis.

Methods

This secondary analysis uses data collected from 2009 to 2015 from 227 newly diagnosed, African American women with breast cancer (mean age 56 [SD = 10], 59% household income < $25,000; 28% married/partnered, 72% early stage) participating in a randomized controlled trial testing the effects of a video-communication intervention on quality-of-life and follow-up care. Participants, all of whom received treatment in one metropolitan area of the Midwestern United States, completed five tele

SUBMITTER: Thompson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693247 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature