The relationship of family support with decision-making duration in cancer patient to perform a mastectomy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cancer is a disease caused by abnormal growth of body cells that turn malignant and continue to grow uncontrollably. One of the treatments for breast cancer is mastectomy. The quickness of decision-making determines the survival rate of prognosis patients. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the relationship of family support with decision-making duration in cancer patients to perform a mastectomy. METHODS: An analytic observation method with cross-sectional design. The samples were taken by purposive sampling method with 50 samples of breast cancer patients. Data collected include age, last level of education, marital status, profession, stage of cancer during mastectomy, family support score, and decision-making duration to perform a mastectomy. The data analyzed with the Kruskal-Wallis bivariate test. RESULTS: The bivariate test showed the relationship of family support (p = 0.002) with decision-making duration in breast cancer patients to perform a mastectomy. CONCLUSION: There is a relationship between family support with decision-making duration in breast cancer patients to perform a mastectomy.