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Coping strategy and quality of life in cancer patients treated at a national hospital in Cercado de Lima, 2023
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2024-02-29) Fernández Correa, Sadith; Camarena Chamaya, Luis Miguel
In this research, whose objective was "to determine the relationship between coping strategies and quality of life in patients with cancer"; the methodology was based on the hypothetical deductive method, applied with quantitative approach and non-experimental cross-sectional correlational design; The population taken was 80 patients chosen through convenience sampling, who met the inclusion criteria; to whom the survey was applied, with the questionnaires of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (MAC) (40 items) of Watson et al, 1988), modified by (Trigoso, 2009) (31), to measure the coping strategies and the Functional Assessment for Cancer Treatment scale (FACT-G-4) (31): General (FACT-G-4) (27 Items), Cella et al, 1993, developed to measure quality of life in oncology patients. The data were tabulated with the SPSS 25 program, and the results showed that men have a greater tendency to suffer from this type of neoplasm, which is equivalent to 71.3%; it was found that the disease occurs mostly between 45 and 65 years of age. In general, 57.5% respond with maladaptive strategies, of which 69.6% have a good quality of life, standing out in the dimensions of fighting spirit with 75.8% and Fatalism/Aesthetic Acceptance with 75.6%; whose Spearman's Rho in general is = 0.046, p-value 0.684. In conclusion, it is determined that there is no relationship between both variables, giving the null hypothesis as accepted.