A Comparative Study of Coping Strategies with Stress and Depression in Cancer Patients
The research purpose is to compare depression in cancer patients who utilize more emotion-focused coping strategies while encountering stress and patients who adopt more problem-focused coping strategies. Participants were 88 cancer patients selected from gastrointestinal (n=26), breast (n=32), head and neck (n=30) who were selected through convenience sampling and were then tested in terms of depression and coping strategies. The acquired data were analyzed and results showed that approximately %60 of subjects suffer from mild to severe depression. Depression in cancer patients who adopted emotion-focused strategy rated higher than cancer patients who utilized emotion-focused coping strategy (p<0.05). Moreover, breast cancer patients demonstrated higher use of emotion-focused coping strategies compared to gastrointestinal, head and neck cancer patients (p<0.05).
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