The experience of being diagnosed with and treated for cancer is an extremely stressful experience for most individuals. In addition to commonly recognized negative effects such as posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), there may be positive personal developmental change, including posttraumatic growth (PTG). The purpose of the study was to explore the post traumatic growth among cancer patients. The study involved 100 cancer patients. The data was collected by using standardized tool-post traumatic growth inventory (PTGI) which consists of five subscales. Participants reported high spiritual strength. Only few of the patients were able to develop new possibilities which suggest that they may be beginning to make choices in a more conscious manner. The associations of post traumatic growth of cancer patients with selected demographic variables suggest that relating to others was statistically associated with gender (4.58) and marital status (4.70), spiritual strength was found to be associated with residence (4.43), religious activities (9.29) and importance of religious activities (32.74). Appreciation of life was found dependent on occupation (5.88) and annual household income (10.92) at 0.05 level of significance and the association of post traumatic growth with selected clinical variables suggest that new possibilities was statistically significant with duration of diagnosis (7.82), spiritual strength with duration of diagnosis (.95) and appreciation of life with duration of diagnosis (9.06) at 0.05 level of significance. Therefore it was concluded that majority of cancer patients after diagnosis with cancer were able to reevaluate their spiritual strength.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.