"Effectiveness Of Empowerment Programme On Coping Of Post-Mastectomy Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy In A Tertiary Care Hospital, Kottayam"

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women globally.¹ The patients with breast cancer adopts different coping styles during their treatment time. This study investigated the effectiveness of empowerment programme on coping of post-mastectomy patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Methods: This study adopted a quantitative research approach with a quasi-experimental pretest post-test control group design. Sr. Callista Roy's Adaptation model was the theoretical support for the study.A purposive sampling technique with a total of 70 patients, 35 in each control and the experimental groups were selected for the study. The data were collected with socio-personal and clinical data sheets and the Jalowiec coping scale. On the first day of the test, a pre-test was conducted and an empowerment programme was given to the experimental group, which includes a structured teaching programme, mindfulness breathing exercises and mindfulness body scan meditation. The post-test was conducted at the end of the intervention.

Results: The results reveals that the U value obtained for coping of post-mastectomy patients undergoing chemotherapy among the control and experimental group was 206.5 which was significant at 0.001 level.

Conclusion: This indicates that among the post-mastectomy patients undergoing chemotherapy the empowerment programme was effective in improving the coping