Correlation Between Social Support and body image with the perceived quality of life in women with breast cancer

Abstract

Ovim istraživanjem željelo se provjeriti odnos percipirane socijalne podrške i slike o sebi s kvalitetom života kod žena oboljelih od raka dojke. Na uzorku od 72 ispitanice primijenjeni su instrumenti: Indeks osobne kvalitete života (PWI), Ljestvica slike o sebi (BIS), Ljestvica socijalne podrške i Strukturirani upitnik osobnih podataka, koji je konstruiran u svrhu ovog istraživanja. Na temelju dobivenih rezultata može se zaključiti kako žene s većom percipiranom socijalnom podrškom procjenjuju i kvalitetu života većom, što je u skladu s prvom hipotezom. Veličina i smjer regresijskog koeficijenta ukazuje da je socijalna podrška značajan prediktor povećanja ukupne kvalitete života. Druga hipoteza, koja govori da izmijenjeni tjelesni izgled zbog tretmana raka dojke negativno utječe na percipiranu kvalitetu života, nije potvrđena.The aim of his research was to examine relation between perceived social support and body image with the quality of life women with breast cancer. In a sample of 72 female subjects were used instruments: Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI), Body Image Scale (BIS), The Scale of Social Support and a Structured Personal Data Questionnaire, which was designed for this study. According to the obtained results it can be inferred that women with higher perceived social support also estimate higher quality of life, which is consistent with the first hypothesis. The size and direction of the regression coefficient indicates that social support is a significant predictor of the overall wellbeing increasing. The second hypothesis, which suggests that altered physical appearance due to the treatment of breast cancer have a negative effect on perceived quality of life, is not confirmed