Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients
Breast cancer has the greatest incidence rate among all types of cancer and is the most common malignancy worldwide. The low self- esteem among postoperative breast cancer patients when they are experiencing episodes of severe pain, increasing feeling of hopelessness, higher level of depression. A q...
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| description | Breast cancer has the greatest incidence rate among all types of cancer and is the most common malignancy worldwide. The low self- esteem among postoperative breast cancer patients when they are experiencing episodes of severe pain, increasing feeling of hopelessness, higher level of depression. A quantitative study was conducted to assess the level of self- esteem and self- efficacy among 200 postoperative breast cancer patients. The standardized Rosenberg self- esteem scale was used for data collection. The result was a maximum of 65.5% had low self- esteem and a maximum 53% had low self- efficacy with a phi value of 0.312 and ‘p’ value was .001 which was a positive correlation at the level of p<0.01. There was no significant association between the socio demographic status with the level of self- esteem and the level of self- efficacy. The study concluded that positive attitude is a major factor for positive self- esteem. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6b5e1e96874d4db6aa9010a6d519a0bd2025-08-20T03:29:22ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Public Health0019-557X2229-76932025-04-0169221121310.4103/ijph.ijph_535_23Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer PatientsSudeepta DeepMamata SwainSasmita DasBreast cancer has the greatest incidence rate among all types of cancer and is the most common malignancy worldwide. The low self- esteem among postoperative breast cancer patients when they are experiencing episodes of severe pain, increasing feeling of hopelessness, higher level of depression. A quantitative study was conducted to assess the level of self- esteem and self- efficacy among 200 postoperative breast cancer patients. The standardized Rosenberg self- esteem scale was used for data collection. The result was a maximum of 65.5% had low self- esteem and a maximum 53% had low self- efficacy with a phi value of 0.312 and ‘p’ value was .001 which was a positive correlation at the level of p<0.01. There was no significant association between the socio demographic status with the level of self- esteem and the level of self- efficacy. The study concluded that positive attitude is a major factor for positive self- esteem.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijph.ijph_535_23breast cancerself-esteemself-efficacymalignancy |
| spellingShingle | Sudeepta Deep Mamata Swain Sasmita Das Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients Indian Journal of Public Health breast cancer self-esteem self-efficacy malignancy |
| title | Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients |
| title_full | Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients |
| title_fullStr | Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients |
| title_short | Level of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients |
| title_sort | level of self esteem and self efficacy among postoperative breast cancer patients |
| topic | breast cancer self-esteem self-efficacy malignancy |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijph.ijph_535_23 |
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