Factors influencing the coping behavior of terminally-ill women with cancer of the reproductive organ

Date of Publication

1997

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Health Social Science

Subject Categories

Social and Behavioral Sciences

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Behavioral Sciences

Thesis Adviser

Ma. Elena Chiong Javier

Defense Panel Chair

Stella P. Go

Defense Panel Member

Jesusa M. Marco
Cecilia S. Acuin

Abstract/Summary

This exploratory descriptive study involves probing into the factors that influences the coping behavior of terminally-ill women with cancer of the reproductive organ. All the informants were referred to the researcher by the Philippine Cancer Society, Inc. This study has three sets of respondents: the case informants, the significant others, and the professional caregivers. Data were obtained through in-depth interview with the use of an interview guide which consisted of two parts namely socio-demographic profile and interview proper. Presented were the informant's discovery of the illness and immediate reaction, knowledge of cancer, coping behavior, and kinds of support received. The findings revealed four modes of coping namely religious, personal, medical/curative and social-financial support. The facilitating factors that influenced the coping behavior of the informants are positive personality traits, faith in God/religiosity, social-financial support and pain and symptom management while the hindering factors are loss of friends and poverty. The researcher concluded that cancer patients deal with their crisis depending on their personal coping abilities and availability of the overall support network. Furthermore, pain and symptom management proved to be very important because other psychosocial intervention will not be helpful unless the patient is comfortable.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG02664

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

98 leaves

Keywords

Coping behavior; Cancer -- Patients; Women; Terminally ill; Generative organs; Female -- Cancer

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