Self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and quality of life amongst cancer patients
Self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and quality of life amongst cancer patients

Summary/Abstract: Background: This research examined the self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and quality of life among cancer patients, predominantly focusing on patients with either breast cancer or GI cancer. The purpose of the study was to identify and investigate the relationship between the psychological factors of self-efficacy, emotional intelligence and quality of life among cancer patients. Method: This is a cross-sectional study which involved a sample of both females and males participants, diagnosed with GI cancer or breast cancer, (N=86), were aged above 18years old and had achieved a minimum level of education up to secondary. Therefore, this ensured they were able to read and understand the psychological tests. The tools used were: the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test, The General Self-Efficacy Scale and The SF-12 of quality of life scale. Result: The results showed a correlation between the self-efficacy and emotional intelligence, and a statistically significant relationship between the self-efficacy and quality of life on the physical domain only. In addition, there is a gender and diagnosis type differences, with male cancer patients having higher self-efficacy in comparison to female cancer patients. Furthermore, the GI cancer patients both genders had a higher self-efficacy than the breast cancer. However, females have higher quality of life in terms of the mental health domain in comparison to males. Conclusion: The results emphasise the paramount importance of psychological intervention to asses and provide cancer patients with a psychological program to enhance the self-efficacy for cancer patients (breast and GI cancer) to improve and modify the quality of life for the patient.

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