Abstract
Abstract
Background
Little work has examined how coping efficacy and lung cancer-related social isolation relate to social well-being in the context of a patient’s computed tomography (CT) scan. Researchers tested the cross-sectional relationship of social isolation and social well-being, and the longitudinal relationship between coping efficacy and social well-being before CT scans.
Method
25 patients with lung cancer, within 6 months of their upcoming CT scan, participated. Baseline surveys collected clinical information, demographics, and social isolation; repeated monthly surveys collected coping efficacy and social well-being every 30 days until one’s scan.
Results
[Cross-sectional] High levels of social isolation were associated with low levels of social well-being.
[Longitudinal] On months patients reported high coping efficacy, they also reported increases in social well-being.
Conclusions
Social interventions may improve well-being among those with lung cancer as our work shows that getting and receiving support are strongly related to well-being in the time surrounding a scan.
Funder
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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