Onkologie. 2024:18(2):149-151 | DOI: 10.36290/xon.2024.028
Coping strategies in older adults with cancer - implications for nursing care
- Katedra sociální práce, Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava
Older adults with cancer represent a large non-homogeneous group of patients with specific characteristics that also relate to their coping with stress and challenging life situations. These coping strategies are affected not only by the type of disease, overall difficulty of treatment, and prognosis but also by biopsychosocial factors typically associated with old age, personality characteristics, and previous life experiences. Strategies for managing the stress of older adults with cancer represent an effect that, by its impact, interferes with all areas of complex care, including nursing. Its reflection can contribute to more effective management of the complexity of such a patient's situation and increase the quality of his life.
Keywords: geriatric patient, cancer, older adult, coping strategy, stress.
Accepted: April 19, 2024; Published: May 3, 2024 Show citation
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