Relationships between psychological adjustment, coping style and quality of life among breast cancer survivors

Objective To explore relationships between psychological adjustment,coping style and quality of life among breast cancer survivors.Methods With matched case-control method,128 female breast cancer patients were randomly recruited in three grade A class III hospitals from August 2008 to August 2010 in Guangzhou city,Guangdong province.Pearson correlation analysis was used to investigate the relationships between psychological adjustment,coping style and quality of life in the patients.Results In case group,there were inverse correlations between physical well-being and fantacy/abreaction and between psychologic well-being and fancy avoidance,oppression(P<0.05 for all).In control group,there were a significant inverse correlation between social well-being and abreaction(P<0.05) and significant positive correlations between social well-being and avoidance oppression(P<0.05) and between psycholic well-being and yielding(P<0.05).Conclusion There are correlations between coping styles and quality of life among different breast cancer patients.The long-term breast cancer survivors are more likely to have proper positive adjustment and coping style.