The effect of social support on patient adjustment after breast surgery
Patient Counselling and Health EducationPublished 1 September 1978
Joan R. Bloom, Robert D. Ross, Georege Burnell
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The results indicated that the affective responses of the group in the intervention program were more labile than those of the control group immediately after surgery; these differences diminished over time.
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After breast surgery for cancer, a woman must adapt to changes in bodily appearnce and to altered views of the future. Assuming that adaptation to these changes can be facilitated by the provision of supportive care, an intervention program was designed. Counselling and information were offered to patients by an intedisciplinary team before, during, and after hospitalization. Women receiving these services (n=21) were compared with women receiving standard medical care (n=18) immediately after surgery and again two months later. The results indicated that the affective responses of the group in the intervention program were more labile than those of the control group immediately after surgery; these differences diminished over time. After surgery, both groups were equivalent on the measure of self-efficacy. Two months later, however, women in the intervention group scored significantly higher on this measure. These results are seen as evidence that the social-support, intervention program was effective.
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