Influences of facial disfigurement and social support for psychosocial adjustment among patients with oral cancer in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the influences of facial disfigurement and social support for psychosocial adjustment in patients with oral cancer.

Design

A cross-sectional design was used for the study.

Participants and setting

A convenience sample of 77 patients with oral cancer was recruited from the otolaryngology and oral and maxillofacial surgery outpatient clinics of three general hospitals in Taiwan.

Measures

Data were collected using the study questionnaires, including the Facial Disfigurement Scale, the Social Support Scale and the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale.

Results

The mean score on the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale was 413.01 (SD=32.32); 71.4% of the participants were maladjusted. Results of multiple regression analysis showed

SUBMITTER: Wang TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6254494 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature