DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2025.v13i12.014

Pages: 2035-2041

Background: Breast cancer is a disease in which abnormal breast cells grow unmanageable and form tumors. If left unchecked, the tumors can spread throughout the body and become lethal. Breast cancer cells begin inside the milk ducts and/or the milk-producing lobules of the breast. The earliest form (in situ) is not life-threatening and can be detected in early stages. Cancer cells can spread into nearby breast tissue (invasion). This creates tumors that cause lumps or thickening. Invasive cancers can spread to nearby lymph nodes or other organs (metastasize). Metastasis can be life-threatening and fatal. Treatment is based on the person, the type of cancer and its spread. Treatment combines surgery, radiation therapy and medications. Methods: Data were collected using self-report method and Hospital’s records. Tool used for data collection were; socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire, Social Provision Scale to assess Social Support, Herth Hope Index to assess Hope, Brief Resilience Scale to assess resilience and WHO Quality of Life Bref Scale to assess Quality of life. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to find the social support, hope and resilience affecting quality of life of breast cancer patients. Chi-square test was performed to find the Association of Quality-of-Life patients with Breast Cancer with their selected socio-demographic and clinical variables. Results: A significant regression equation was found (F3,99=9.53, R2=0.23, P=0.000) when all the variables are considered together for finding the social support, hope and resilience affecting the quality of life. Social support, hope and resilience are positively predicted the quality-of-life breast cancer patients. There was no any strongest negative predictor of quality-of-life breast cancer patients. Conclusion: The overall findings reveals that a significant positive correlation between social support, hope and resilience with quality of life. Interventions are aimed to strengthen t