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Mehtab Farahani, Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mohammad Ali Mardom, Abdollah Abolfathi, Zahra Borzabadi Farahani, Fatemeh Rafiei,
Volume 28, Issue 4 (10-2025)
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of education based on the self-efficacy model on coping strategies and hope in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Methods: This study was conducted on 62 breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The intervention group received four training sessions on chemotherapy side effects and management strategies based on the self-efficacy model, while the control group received routine care without additional training. Demographic questionnaires, the Billings and Moss Coping Skills Questionnaire, and the Schneider Hope Scale were completed by both groups immediately before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using appropriate statistical tests.
Results: The average hope in the intervention and control groups was low before and after the intervention. It remained low in the control group but showed a significant increase in the intervention group (P < 0.05). Statistical tests showed that there is a significant relationship between the average total life expectancy and their age, economy and education (P<0.05). Before the intervention, both groups demonstrated low use of coping strategies. After the educational intervention, the control group maintained low usage while, the intervention group showed substantially increased use of coping strategies.
Conclusions: Self-efficacy training intervention increased life expectancy and coping strategies in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Mehri Rostamnejad, Javad Khalatbari, Mohammadreza Zarbakhsh Bahri,
Volume 28, Issue 5 (12-2025)
Abstract
Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the chronic diseases that is closely related to psychological factors. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of perceived social support and self-compassion in the relationship between coping styles and quality of life in breast cancer patients (after mastectomy surgery).
Methods: The research method was a correlational description. The statistical population of this study was women diagnosed with breast cancer and mastectomy who were referred to the hospitals of Mazandaran province (Sari and Babol) for follow-up treatment. According to Klein (2014), the sample size of 480 people was selected purposefully. Data were collected using the Quality of Life Questionnaire (European Organisation, 2006), the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (Lazarus & Folkman, 2001), the Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (Zimet et al., 1988), and the Self-Compassion Questionnaire (Eris, 2000). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results of the research showed that there is a relationship between coping styles mediated by perceived social support and self-compassion with quality of life in breast cancer patients. The lower limit of the confidence interval for the two variables of self-compassion and perceived social support as a mediating variable between coping styles and quality of life is 0.4687 and its upper limit is 0.6523.
Conclusions: Based on the findings, it is recommended to pay attention to the variables of perceived social support, self-compassion, coping styles, and quality of life in breast cancer patients.
