Social support and symptom distress in adolescents/young adults with cancer

The purpose of this secondary analysis was to describe the relationships of friend, family, and health care provider social support to pain, fatigue, depressed mood, and insomnia in adolescents and young adults with cancer using the Adolescent Resilience Model. Specific aims of the study were to describe the relationships of 3 separate sources of perceived support-friends, family, and health care providers to the symptom-related distress of pain, depressed mood, and insomnia.