[État de l'auto-soutien des patientes âgées atteintes d'un cancer du sein et facteurs individuels associés].

There is still much room for improving the self-advocacy of elderly female patients with breast cancer. Subjects (168 in total) were selected from elderly female patients with breast cancer who had been hospitalized from May to December 2022 using the convenience sampling method. Assessment was conducted for the status quo of self-advocacy of subjects using the Chinese version of Female Self-Advocacy in Cancer Survivorship (FSACS). The general data of patients were investigated to find out the possible related factors. The FSACS score was 79.23±10.58 points in the 168 elderly female patients with breast cancer, showing significant differences among the patients at different ages and with various levels of education, self-efficacy, perceived social support and psychological resilience (P<0.05). The following equation was acquired by multiple linear regression analysis: Y=88.762+0.881X1-2.447X2-5.763X3-1.617X4-4.259X5. An advanced age was a non-independent risk factor for the self-advocacy of elderly female patients with breast cancer (B>0, P>0.05), while high levels of education, self-efficacy, perceived social support and psychological resilience served as protective factors (B<0, P<0.05). Elderly female patients with breast cancer exhibit a medium level of self-advocacy, which may be associated with age, education level, self-efficacy, perceived social support, and psychological resilience.