P3-200Correlation between Social Support Given and its Psychological Effects in Breast Cancer Patients: A Preliminary Study

Abstract Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women. The diagnosis and treatments can cause distress among patients. Social support plays an important role in helping patients. However, the study between this correlation is still limited. Thus, the aim of this study is to know the correlation between social support given and its psychological effects on breast cancer patients. Methods A cross-sectional study was done in our general hospital from October 2018-February 2019. The patients included in this study are breast cancer patients and have undergone mastectomy and adjuvant therapy. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support questionnaire has 4 parts, social support from other people, family, friends, and total scores. The score range is low(1-2.9); moderate(3-5); and high(5-7). The psychological aspect was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale with total score of 21, where 0-7 is normal, 8-10 is the borderline, and 11-21 means anxiety or depression is present. The correlation between variables was analysed with Spearman correlation. Results 36 breast cancer patients with a mean age of 49.93±11.473, the Results for social support show family support´s median is 3(2-3), friends support´s median is 2(2-3), other people support´s median is 3(2-3), and the total median is 2(2-3). Results for anxiety are 55.1% normal, 27.5% in borderline, and 17.24% with anxiety. Results for depression are 65.5% normal, 31% in the borderline, and 3.4% with depression. The correlation between total support and anxiety is r=0.151 (p-value=0.379). While it´s correlation with depression is shown with r=0.173 (p-value=0.312). Conclusion There is no correlation between social support given with its psychological effects. There are many factors that may affect breast cancer patients psychologically. Further study needs to be done with more variables and samples to get more reliable Results.