Effects of comprehensive psychosocial intervention on intervention effect and quality of life of cancer patients
Abstract
Objective: Cancer patients often face strong negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. Long-term experience and psychological stress may lead to emotionally unstable personality disorder in cancer patients, which is characterized by large mood swings, easy agitation, difficulty in controlling emotions, dependent personality disorder, and excessive dependence on the care and support of others. Our study explored the effects of comprehensive psychosocial intervention on intervention outcomes and quality of life in cancer patients.
Methods: A total of 120 cancer patients who received chemotherapy for colorectal cancer in our hospital from June 2022 to December 2023 were selected as subjects, and were divided into control group and observation group with 60 groups in each group according to random number table method. The control group received routine nursing intervention, and the observation group was combined with comprehensive social psychological intervention on the basis of the control group. The changes of cancer-related fatigue, cancer symptoms, perceived stress, self-efficacy and quality of life before and after intervention were compared between the two groups.
Result: In our study, after 6 months of intervention, the scores of cancer-related Fatigue Scale (CFS), Anderson Symptom Scale (MDASI) and Chinese version of Stress Perception Scale (CPSS) in both groups decreased in all dimensions, the observation group was lower than the control group (P<0.05), and the scores of GSES and EORTC QLQ-C30 in both groups increased. The observation group was higher than the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Our study found that comprehensive psychosocial intervention can alleviate cancer symptoms, fatigue, reduce perceived stress, improve quality of life, and enhance self-efficacy in cancer patients.
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