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Relationships Among Self-Efficacy, Social Support, and Community Participation in Breast Cancer Survivors

  • Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Abbr : Korean J of Occup Ther
  • 2019, 27(4), pp.69-82
  • DOI : 10.14519/kjot.2019.27.4.06
  • Publisher : Korean Society Of Occupational Therapy
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Working Therapeutics
  • Received : April 30, 2019
  • Accepted : August 6, 2019
  • Published : December 30, 2019

Kim, Hye-Mi 1 PARK GYEONGA 2 park, Jin-Ju 3 OH MYUNG HWA 4

1화순전남대학교병원 작업치료실
2조선대학교 작업치료학과
3플레이감각통합언어발달센터, 작업치료사
4동신대학교 작업치료학과

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ABSTRACT

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the self-efficacy, social support, and community participationin Korean breast cancer survivors. Methods: Data were collected through questionnaires from 40 women with breast cancer in an outpatient setting ata hospital in H city, Korea. The instruments included self-efficacy checked using SESSM-B, social supportchecked based on MSPSS, and community social participation using K-CPI. The data were analyzed usingdescriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, and Spearman’s correlation coefficients through SPSS WIN 18.0 forWindows. Results: The mean score for self-efficacy was 3.70±.38, social support was 3.49±.66, and community participationwas 3.27±.65, out of a total possible score of 5. In the results on the frequency of engagement in activities andthe percentage of participants who view activities as important, most of the participants reported that spendingtime with family, cooking and housework, and engaging in hobbies or leisure activities are important activities. However, their frequency of such activities was low. Social support showed a positive correlation withself-efficacy (p < .01) and community participation (p < .001). Conclusion: Implications for those working in survivorship care include the need to consider addressing theirassociated social roles, relationships, and responsibilities when designing strategies to increase the participation ofbreast cancer survivors. Additional studies are needed, however.

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