The anxiety level of chemotherapy receiving patients and their caregivers and affecting factors

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dc.contributor.authorSaritaş, Seyhan Çitlik
dc.contributor.authorBüyükbayram, Zeliha
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:09:47Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:09:47Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAim: This study was performed to examine the anxiety level of chemotherapy receiving patients and their caregivers together with the affecting factors. Methods: The study was conducted as correlational and descriptive in Dicle University Oncology Hospital between June 2013 and July 2014. Chemotherapy patients over the age of 18 and caregivers in Dicle University Oncology Hospital constituted the population of the study. The sample was constituted by 250 chemotherapy receiving patients and 250 caregivers performed power analysis. Patient and caregiver identification form, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Edmonton Symptom Scale Diagnostics (Estonian) were used in the data collection. Descriptive statistics, paired t test, independent samples t test, Kruskal-Wallis Variance, Mann-Whitney U, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Pearson Correlation test were used in the evaluation of data. Results: Among the patients who were included to the study, 97,6% were determined to be willing to continue to the treatment and 57,2% were determined to be women. It was found that average anxiety scores of women patients and the people who support the patient in coping with the disease were high and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). It was determined that 81,6% of caregivers did not have a disease and 54,4% were men. The average anxiety score of caregivers; women, unemployed, people with no social security, with a disease, who support the patient psychologically/emotionally, whose health condition is not affected, whose other responsibilities are affected and who have problems with the treatment were high and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusions: It was determined that patients and caregivers were negatively affected in many aspects during the chemotherapy treatment. According to the research results, chemotherapy receiving patients and their caregivers will help to necessary the nursing intervention for coping with the anxiety. Oncology nurses should be supported both patient and their caregivers psychological and s ocial aspects. © GATA.
dc.identifier.doi10.5455/pmb.1-1438848760
dc.identifier.endpage150
dc.identifier.issn1303-734X
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84963595649
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage141
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org10.5455/pmb.1-1438848760
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/3781
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherGulhane Military Medical Academy
dc.relation.ispartofTAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.subjectAnxiety level
dc.subjectCancer
dc.subjectCaregiver
dc.subjectChemotherapy
dc.subjectPatient
dc.titleThe anxiety level of chemotherapy receiving patients and their caregivers and affecting factors
dc.title.alternativeKemoterapi alan hastaların ve bakım veren yakınlarının anksiyete düzeyleri ve etkileyen faktörler
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