Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.
UNC Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, USA.
J Behav Med. 2024 Oct;47(5):927-934. doi: 10.1007/s10865-024-00508-z. Epub 2024 Jul 29.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
在患者进行计算机断层扫描（CT）的情况下，很少有研究探讨应对效能和与肺癌相关的社会隔离如何与社会幸福感相关。研究人员测试了社会隔离和社会幸福感的横断面关系，以及 CT 扫描前应对效能与社会幸福感的纵向关系。
25 名肺癌患者在即将进行 CT 扫描的 6 个月内参与了研究。基线调查收集了临床信息、人口统计学资料和社会隔离情况；重复的每月调查在 30 天内收集了应对效能和社会幸福感信息，直到患者进行扫描。
[横断面]高社会隔离程度与低社会幸福感水平相关。[纵向]在患者报告高应对效能的月份，他们也报告了社会幸福感的提高。
社会干预措施可能会改善肺癌患者的幸福感，因为我们的研究表明，在扫描前后获得和接受支持与幸福感密切相关。
