A Survey Study Among Cancer Patients in Turkey

Q2 Social Sciences

Illness Crisis and Loss Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI:10.1177/1054137317720751

Fereshteh Ahmadi, Ö. Cetrez, P. Erbil, Asil Ortak, Nader Ahmadi

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Abstract

To understand the role of culture on the use of the meaning-making coping among people who have been struck by cancer, qualitative and quantitative studies have been conducted in several countries like Sweden, China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, and Turkey. This article reports on a quantitative study carried out in Turkey. The aim of the study has been to answer the following question: “Which meaning-making coping method (even nonreligious or spiritual coping methods) is used by informants?” The sample consists of 95 persons, 18+ who had been struck by cancer. The questionnaire was distributed to former/current cancer patients via a web address as an electronic survey through the media page of Cancer Survivors Association. The results of the study show that the most important coping methods used by cancer patients in Turkey are the religious coping (RCOPE) methods, particularly spiritual connection, active religious surrender, passive religious deferral, and pleading for direct intercession. Several RCOPE methods such as spiritual discontent, seeking support from clergy or members, punishing God reappraisal, and demonic reappraisal or self-directing religious coping are not used by the Turkish informants. Nor are non-RCOPE methods highly prevalent among informants.

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土耳其癌症患者的调查研究

为了了解文化对癌症患者意义创造应对方式的影响，在瑞典、中国、日本、韩国、马来西亚、菲律宾和土耳其等国家进行了定性和定量研究。本文报道了在土耳其进行的一项定量研究。该研究的目的是回答以下问题:“被调查者使用哪种意义创造应对方法(即使是非宗教或精神上的应对方法)?”样本包括95名18岁以上的癌症患者。问卷以电子调查的形式，通过癌症幸存者协会的媒体页面，通过网址分发给曾经/现在的癌症患者。研究结果显示，土耳其癌症患者使用的最主要的应对方法是宗教应对(RCOPE)方法，特别是精神连接、主动宗教降服、被动宗教延迟和恳求直接代祷。一些RCOPE方法，如精神不满、寻求神职人员或成员的支持、惩罚上帝重新评估、恶魔重新评估或自我指导的宗教应对，都没有被土耳其的举报人使用。非rcope方法在举报人中也不普遍。

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