The moderating role of social support on depression and anxiety for gastric cancer patients and their family caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a consensus that cancer care should go beyond physical care as cancer patients and their family caregivers experience psychological burden, financial difficulty, as well as social relation issues. The current study aimed to investigate the moderating impact of social support on depression and anxiety of cancer patients and their family caregivers.

Methods

Gastric cancer patients and their family caregivers who visited a university medical center in Seoul were approached for participation in the study. Fifty-two pairs of adult patients and caregivers participated in the study. Along with demographic information and the physical condition of the patients, such as pre-operation cancer stage and the type of gastrectomy, social support, depression, and anxiety

SUBMITTER: Jeong A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5746226 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature