Chun-Sick Eom

Publications (2)5.12 Total impact

• Article: The Association Between Perceived Social Support and Continued Smoking in Cancer Survivors.

  Hyung-Kook Yang, Dong-Wook Shin, Jong-Hyock Park, So-Young Kim, Chun-Sick Eom, Sin Kam, Jae-Hyuk Choi, Be-Long Cho, Hong-Gwan Seo
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  ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: With the increased survival rate of cancer patients, positive changes in health behaviors, including smoking cessation, are becoming progressively more important. While studies in the general population have demonstrated the beneficial effects of high perceived support of smoking cessation and continuing abstinence, few studies have addressed such issues in cancer survivors. We examined the factors related to continued smoking among cancer survivors with specific attention given to the role of perceived social support. METHODS: A nationwide, multicenter survey was conducted with 1956 cancer patients. Smoking status at the time of diagnosis and at the time of survey, and perceived social support, as measured by the Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire, were collected by self-reported questionnaire. RESULTS: Among 493 participants who were smoking at the time of cancer diagnosis, 131 (26.6%) were continued smokers at the time of survey. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, current alcohol consumption (odds ratio, 3.29; 95% confidence interval, 1.91-5.65), early cancer stage (P(for trend)< 0.01), lung cancer diagnosis (odds ratio, 0.41; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-0.88), and high perceived social support (odds ratio, 0.59; 95% confidence interval, 0.37-0.96) showed significant associations with continued smoking. CONCLUSIONS: Cancer survivors with low perceived social support were more likely to continue smoking. Our study suggests that perceived social support may be an important factor for smoking cessation and maintenance of smoking cessation in this population.
  Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 11/2012; · 1.78 Impact Factor
• Article: Impact of perceived social support on the mental health and health-related quality of life in cancer patients: results from a nationwide, multicenter survey in South Korea.

  Chun-Sick Eom, Dong Wook Shin, So Young Kim, Hyung Kook Yang, Heui Sug Jo, Sun Seog Kweon, Yune Sik Kang, Jong-Heun Kim, Be-Long Cho, Jong-Hyock Park
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  ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether and how perceived social support is associated with depression and quality of life among patients with various cancer diagnoses. METHODS: Data were collected from 1930 cancer patients treated at the National Cancer Center and nine regional cancer centers across Korea. The Duke-UNC functional social support scale was used to measure the perceived social support, and the PHQ-9 and the EORTC QLQ-C30 were used to measure the cancer patients' depression levels and quality of life, respectively. RESULTS: Subjects with low perceived social support reported significantly higher levels of depression, lower scores on all functional scales, higher scores on all three symptom scales, lower global health/quality of life scale scores, and higher scores on most single items than subjects with high perceived social support. There was no interaction between potential stressors and perceived social support, supporting the main effect model as the mechanism that the perceived social support reduce the adverse psychological outcomes. CONCLUSION: Perceived social support was associated with mental health and quality of life in cancer patients, through direct effect rather than stress-buffering effect. Interventions to enhance perceived social support might be helpful for improving mental health and QOL in cancer patients. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  Psycho-Oncology 07/2012; · 3.34 Impact Factor