Coping Skills Improve Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer and Maladaptive Coping Style

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a common malignancy among women. BC is a stressor in lifethat affects coping strategies and quality of life. This study performed to improve the quality of lifein women with maladaptive coping style.Methods: A randomized clinical trial, held in ۲۰۱۱. Patients with maladaptive coping strategywere included in the study. ۶۲ patients were randomized into two groups. Before and after ۸ weeksof coping therapy, the quality of life was measured. General linear model was used for analysis.Results: The mean age in the intervention and control group was ۴۵.۱۰±۷.۳۴, ۴۶.۵۲±۶.۲۰respectively (P-value>۰.۵). Functional health significantly improved after the intervention(p-value<۰.۰۰۵), but in the control it decreased (p-value=۰.۰۲۹). Symptom health between the twogroups demonstrated no difference before and after intervention. General health improved in theintervention group (p-value=۰.۰۱۷). However, in the control group it was not significant(p-value=۰.۱۲۸). Problem-focused coping strategies in the intervention group improved markedly(p-value= ۰.۰۰۳) whereas, the control group did not reveal significant differences (p-value=۰.۱۹۶).Conclusion: The results showed that the coping skill training program can improve the overallquality of life of breast cancer in women, and indicated that the care of breast cancer should addresspsychological issues and the finding points to the importance of taking individual coping strategiesinto account when evaluating the impact of breast cancer on psychosocial well-being.

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Coping skill ، Quality of life ، Breast cancer