社会支持对乳腺癌患者癌症复发恐惧与创伤后成长的中介作用

目的:采用结构方程模型探讨社会支持在乳腺癌患者癌症复发恐惧与创伤后成长间的中介作用.方法:采用一般资料调查表、中文版癌症复发恐惧量表(Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory-Chinese Version,FCRI-CV)、领悟社会支持量表(Perceived Social Suppor...

Study on mediating role of social support between fear of cancer recurrence and post-traumatic growth in breast cancer patients

Objective: To explore the mediating role of social support in post-traumatic growth and cancer recurrence fear in breast cancer patients by using structural equation model. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 358 patients with breast cancer, they were assessed with the self-reported questionnaire, the perceived social support scale (PSSS), the posttraumatic growth inventory-Chinese version(PTGI) and the fear of cancer recurrence inventory-Chinese version(FCRI-CV). Results: The total score of posttraumatic growth of breast cancer patients was negatively correlated with the total score of fear of cancer recurrence（r=-0.462, P<0.01）, and positively correlated with the total score of social support（r=0.668, P<0.01）. Structural equation model showed that social support partially mediated the relationship between fear of cancer recurrence and posttraumatic growth(GFI=0.963, AGFI=0.900, RMSEA=0.052), accounting for 60.43% of the total effect. Conclusion: Fear of cancer recurrence can not only directly predict posttraumatic growth, but also indirectly predict posttraumatic growth through social support.