title: Perceived family support of women with breast cancer and affecting factors in Turkey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to examine the percieved family support of the women with breast cancer and the affecting factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were breast cancer cases undergoing treatment (n=240). The sample for this study was formed by women who accepted participation, were in the facility between the dates and hours when the study was applied, and who were selected with a nonprobability sampling technique (n=120).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two thirds of the women with breast cancer were in the 40-59 age group. The lowest score women with breast cancer for perceived family support scale was 0.00 and the highest was 40.0, with a mean of 30.1±8.85.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, it was determined that perceived family support of Turkish women with breast cancer was reasonable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Ege University, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey. melekardahan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Melek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ardahan
authors.forename: Oznur Usta
authors.initials: OU
authors.lastname: Yesilbalkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D017028:Caregivers; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey