Razi Journal of Medical Sciences

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Abstract
Background: breast cancer is a high stressed disease which social adjustment is the most effective way to encounter it in this group of patients. Having Knowledge toward social adjustment has important role in its improvement; we try to show this fact in this research.
Method: This study has descriptive design and 83 women with breast cancer were select for this research in Boukan city. For gartering data we used of social adjustment’s questionnaire which contained 45questions in 7 domains its validity was obtained by content validity and its reliability was 0.89 by Alpha cronbach test. Data were analyzed by ANOVA test and SPSS software.
Results: result showed the average of age of participants was 42.32, 57.14%of patients were house keeper.39.28 had Diploma degree.64.28 of them had income equal with their spending and 57.14% of patient’s disease was recognized less than 6 months. The average social adjustment’s score was 125.28+0.53.Assesing varies domain showed that patients have the least problem in their role as parents 19.18±1.59.but their most problem was with their spouse  15.96±1.14.
Conclusions: by considering low level of social adjustment in breast cancer women, medical managers and nurses should pay attention toward social adjustment in patients with breast cancer and provide essential facility in this field. 
 

Keywords: social adjustment, breast cancer, chemotherapy

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