PhD (N) Scholar, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
Breast cancer is the most prevailing universal health problem occurring in female cancer in the world. Research gap exists with emotional support for breast cancer patients who had encountered with stress, elevation of serum cortisol slope and poor quality of life outcome.
The objective of this study was to examine the efficiency of Written Emotional Disclosure Support on stress, serum cortisol and quality of life outcome in breast cancer patients.
Total 84 breast cancer patients were made to express their feelings and thoughts through written emotional disclosure followed by an informational support intervened by the researcher in Erode Cancer Centre at Erode. Pre experimental one group pretest and posttest design was selected for the present study. Proportionate stratification sampling was done based on I to IV stages of breast cancer in experimental arm.
The study findings revealed that administration of Written Emotional Disclosure Support were highly significant to alleviate stress, slope down serum cortisol level and improve quality of life outcome among breast cancer patients.
The result shows the significant effectiveness of emotional support which helps the breast cancer patients for better prognosis followed by informational support.
Written Emotional Disclosure Support, Stress, Serum Cortisol, Quality Of Life Outcome, Breast Cancer Patients
