Cancer Patients’ Awareness, Sustainability, and Psychosocial Dynamics in Healthcare Organizations Impacting Quality of Life

Abstract

Purpose: This research aimed to explore the effect of awareness/knowledge and measures taken for sustainability to improve the quality of life feeling for cancer patients of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Moreover, this research used cancer patients’ psychosocial problems and barriers of healthcare organizational sustainability as moderators in this study to develop better understanding for cancer patients and healthcare organizations.

Method: To achieve the objectives of this research, this study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) with STATA software. Whereas the data for this research was collected from 89 cancer patients of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Findings: The findings demonstrate a positive relation between awareness/knowledge and measures taken for sustainability and the cancer patients’ quality of life feeling. Furthermore, cancer patients’ psychosocial problems and barriers of healthcare organizational sustainability served as significant moderators in this proposed direct relationship.

Implications: By exploring awareness/knowledge and measures taken for sustainability within the framework of KSA's cultural and regional dynamics, this study closes a knowledge gap in the current literature. The results not only have theoretical implications for future research but also have a practical call for policymakers and healthcare workers to form patient-centric and sustainable care centers for cancer patients. This study is novel in its context of Middle East healthcare workers establishing such sustainable care centers for cancer patients.