RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERCEIVED BENEFITS, PERCEIVED SUPPORTS,  AND PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PATIENTS AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Ratchadapa  Seedadard; Yosapon  Leaungsomnapa; Porawan Witwaranukool

Authors

Ratchadapa Seedadard National Cancer Institute, Ratchathewi, Bangkok
Yosapon Leaungsomnapa Phrapokklao Nursing College, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Chanthaburi
Porawan Witwaranukool Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Bangkok

Keywords:

perceived benefits, perceived supports, perceived barriers, chemotherapy, COVID-19

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to examine the relationships between perceived benefits, perceived supports, and perceived barriers to symptom management in patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Four hundred and fifteen patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy at the National Cancer Institute were enlisted as participants in this study. The content validity of the research instruments was evaluated by a panel of experts. Reliability testing yielded satisfactory results, in which the coefficients of the questionnaires about perceived benefits, perceived supports, and perceived barriers to symptom management were .87, .92 and .87, respectively. The data analysis utilized descriptive statistics, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, One-way ANOVA, and a post-hoc test by the Bonferroni method.

The results indicated that perceived benefits had a positive correlation with perceived support (r = .667) and a negative correlation with perceived barriers (r = -.244). Perceived supports were negatively correlated with perceived barriers (r = -.173). On the other hand, the study found that perceived benefits and perceived supports for symptom management in each type of cancer were not statistically significant. However, perceived barriers to symptom management in each type of cancer were statistically significant (F (4, 410) = 1.82, p = .022). Notably, patients with head and neck cancer reported perceiving more barriers than patients with breast cancer (MD = - 4.310, p < .05).

Therefore, healthcare professionals should promote patients' perceptions of the benefits and support the management of related cancer symptoms, so that patients can alleviate perceived barriers when dealing with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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