A descriptive study to assess the level of stress among women with selected type of cancer in Erode Cancer Centre at Erode Ms. Lavanya S.1,*, Dr. Santha Nalini Jeyavantha2, Dr. Sethu Gowri3 1Vice Principal, Nandha College of Nursing, New Teachers Colony, Erode – 638011, Tamil Nadu 2Principal, Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai 3Dept. of Physiology, Saveetha University, Chennai *Corresponding Author Email: sureshmahas@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 22 October, 2014. Abstract Background Cancer diagnosis is a significant source of psychological stress, followed by an extended period of Stressful cancer treatment modalities. Not surprisingly, patients with a diagnosis of cancer report high psychological and emotional stress Objectives To assess the level of stress among women with selected type of cancer. Design A cross – sectional descriptive design was adopted for the study. Setting Erode Cancer Centre, Erode Participants: 50 women fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected by purposive sampling technique. Methods All participants were interviewed a questionnaire to complete; questions were related to Baseline Proforma of women and Rating scale on The Impact of Event Scale (IES) and participants were given 20 minutes to complete the questionnaire. Results The findings revealed that the stress among women with breast cancer shows that, majority (70%) of the samples had severe stress, and 30% of them had moderate stress, whereas women with cervical cancer 10% were had mild stress, 30% were had moderate stress and 60% were had severe stress. It shows that breast cancer patients had more stress compared to cervical cancer patients. There was a significant association between the stress scores and variables like age and stages of cancer. Conclusion Stress is more among cancer patients. Maximum patient do not seek medical advice and adopt self-treat for themselves. Top Keywords Stress, Women, Breast cancer, cervical cancer. Top |