General well-being and its influencing factors in peer educators of breast cancer / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the general well-being of breast cancer peer educators and to analyze its influencing factors.Methods Convenience sampling method was used to select 210 breast cancer peer educators from 8 tertiary hospitals in China from January to February 2023.General information questionnaires,General Well-Being Scale,Cornor-Davidson Resilience Scale,and Social Support Rating Scale were used for investigation.Multiple linear regression analysis was used to explore the influencing factors of the general well-being in peer educators of breast cancer.Results A total of 206 breast cancer peer educators were investigated.The general well-being score was(86.70±14.08).The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that psychological resilience,the utilization of social support and the current self-funded treatment of less than 1,000 yuan per month were the influencing factors of general well-being(P＜0.001).Conclusion The general well-being of breast cancer peer educators is at a high level.Improving the social support system for breast cancer patients,selecting peer educators with strong psychological resilience,high utilization of social support and low self-funded treatment,and paying attention to the psychologic status of peer educators,providing timely and positive psychological interventions will help to raise the general well-being of breast cancer peer educators and ensure the quality and continuity of peer education.