Correlation between fear of cancer recurrence,perceived social support,and quality of life in patients undergoing endoscopic treatment for early digestive tract cancer
Teng Yue
Wu Ning
Yan Dan
Ding Jing
Chen Li
Sang Huaiming
Zhang Daoquan
Abstract：Objective To analyze the correlation between fear of cancer recurrence(FCR)and perceived social support,quali-ty of life(QoL)in patients undergoing endoscopic treatment for early digestive tract cancer,providing references for imple-menting precise clinical intervention and support.Methods A total of 198 patients undergoing endoscopic treatment for ear-ly digestive tract cancer at our hospital from July 2022 to June 2025 were selected.A general information questionnaire,the Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form(FoP-Q-SF),the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support(MSPSS),and the functional subscale of the Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30(QLQ-C30)were used to investigate pa-tients'general information,FCR,perceived social support,and QoL.Pearson correlation analysis was employed to explore the correlation between FCR and perceived social support and QoL;multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify influencing factors of FCR.Results The mean FoP-Q-SF score was 44.49±5.71,with 57.07%(113/198)of patients sco-ring 34 points or higher.The MSPSS score was 56.64±6.39,and the QLQ-C30 functional subscale score was 250.31±34.72.Patients'FCR was negatively correlated with both perceived social support and QoL(r=-0.486 and-0.511,re-spectively,P<0.001).Significant differences in FoP-Q-SF scores were found among patients with different ages,education levels,monthly household income per capita,medical payment methods,family history of digestive tract tumors,number of lesions,and postoperative complications(P<0.05).Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that education level,monthly household income per capita,postoperative complications,MSPSS score,and functional subscale score of QLQ-C30 were influencing factors of patients'FCR(P<0.05).Conclusion The level of FCR in patients undergoing endoscopic treat-ment for early digestive tract cancer remains moderate to high and is significantly correlated with education level,monthly household income per capita,postoperative complications,perceived social support,and QoL.
Keywords：Early digestive tract cancerEndoscopic treatmentFear of cancer recurrencePerceived social supportQuality of life
Publication Date：2025-12-20
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-09(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 98-103 )