A Study to Assess Psychological and Psychosocial problems among the Cancer patients in Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik

The patient in Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik are suffering from various types of cancer, we have assessed the psychological and psychosocial problems among patients, In patients, self- adjustment for adaptation of disease and psychological behavior were affected by many factors.

1) To assess psychological and psychosocial problems among cancer patients. 2) To find out association between psychological and psychosocial problems among the cancer patients with socio-demographic variables.

A descriptive study design was used on 60 cancer patients in Manavata Cancer Center, Nashik. The purpose of the study was to assess the psychological and psychosocial problems among the cancer patients. A nurse researcher conducted a structured interview schedule for 10-15 days to collect the data.

The result shows that the psychological problems among the cancer patients are mild and the psychosocial problems among cancer patients are moderate. There was significant association found between psychological and psychosocial problems with their selected socio-demographic variables like age, gender, marital status, educational qualification, occupation, grades of cancer, types of cancer, severity of cancer, duration of hospital stay.

The study shows that the patients are suffering from mild level of psychological problems. The extraneous variables like age, gender, marital status, educational qualification, occupation, grades of cancer, types of cancer, severity of cancer, duration of hospital stay.