Taskila Taina, Lindbohm Marja-Liisa, Martikainen Rami, Lehto Ulla-Sisko, Hakanen Jari, Hietanen Päivi
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Support Care Cancer. 2006 May;14(5):427-35. doi: 10.1007/s00520-005-0005-6. Epub 2006 Jan 10.
Even though a lot of studies have been conducted concerning cancer patients' social support, the importance of social support from the work life is unclear. We examined the amount of emotional and practical support that cancer survivors needed and had actually received from their coworkers, supervisors, and the occupational health personnel. We also examined whether disease-related or sociodemographic background variables were associated with needed or received support. Finally, we investigated whether there were differences between various sources in received or needed support.
The data consisted of a total of 640 cancer survivors with breast cancer, lymphoma, testicular or prostate cancer, aged 25-57 years at the time of diagnosis. Information on social support was collected with a mailed questionnaire using an adapted version of the Structural-Functional Social Support Scale (SFSS).
The cancer survivors had received most support from their coworkers and they hoped for more support especially from the occupational health care personnel (39% of women and 29% of men). The men who had lymphoma, had received chemotherapy, or had low education level needed more support. The need for practical support from the occupational health personnel was fivefold between the chemotherapy-treated and those not treated. The women both received and needed more support than the men did.
There is a clear need for additional social support from work life among the cancer survivors especially from the occupational health personnel.
尽管已经针对癌症患者的社会支持开展了大量研究，但来自工作生活的社会支持的重要性仍不明确。我们调查了癌症幸存者所需的以及实际从同事、上级和职业健康人员那里获得的情感和实际支持的数量。我们还研究了疾病相关或社会人口统计学背景变量是否与所需或获得的支持相关。最后，我们调查了在获得或所需支持方面不同来源之间是否存在差异。
数据共包含640名乳腺癌、淋巴瘤、睾丸癌或前列腺癌的癌症幸存者，诊断时年龄在25至57岁之间。使用结构 - 功能社会支持量表（SFSS）的改编版通过邮寄问卷收集社会支持信息。
癌症幸存者从同事那里获得的支持最多，他们尤其希望从职业健康护理人员那里获得更多支持（39%的女性和29%的男性）。患有淋巴瘤、接受过化疗或教育水平较低的男性需要更多支持。接受化疗者对职业健康人员实际支持的需求是未接受化疗者的五倍。女性获得和需要的支持都比男性多。
癌症幸存者明显需要从工作生活中获得更多社会支持，尤其是来自职业健康人员的支持。
