Effect of psychological intervention on tumor patients during rehabilitation
Abstract
Background: The study aims to observe the impact of psychological intervention on the psychological resilience, coping strategies, and quality of life of cancer patients during their rehabilitation period, in order to provide scientific reference for the nursing of many cancer patients in clinical practice and improve the overall benefit level of patients. Aim: To observe the influence of psychological intervention on resilience, coping style and quality of life of 100 tumor patients (50 in the control group and 50 in the study group, with a mean age of 38.15 ± 3.15 years in the control group and 38.32 ± 3.21 years in the study group) during rehabilitation, so as to provide scientific reference for the nursing of many tumor patients and improve the overall benefit level of patients. Methods: 100 tumor patients who were admitted to our hospital from January 2022 to December 2023 were randomly divided into two groups. 50 patients in the control group were treated with conventional nursing mode, and 50 patients in the research group were given psychological intervention. The patients’ fear of recurrence [Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form (FoP-Q-SF)], quality of life [European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QOL-C30)], psychological resilience [Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC)], medical coping style [Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ)], self-perceived burden [Self-perceived burden Scale (SPBS)], and post-traumatic stress status [The PTSD Cheeklist-17 (PCL-17)] were compared between the two groups. Results: After the intervention, the scores of FoP-Q-SF and PCL-17 in both groups decreased, and the scores in the research group were lower than those in the control group, with statistical significance (P < 0.05); After the intervention, the scores of EORTC QOL-C30 and CD-RISC in the two groups increased, and the scores in the research group were higher than those in the control group, with statistical significance (P < 0.05); After the intervention, the scores of coping dimension in MCMQ scale in the two groups increased, while the scores of avoidance and yield dimensions decreased before the intervention (P < 0.05), and the scores of coping dimension in the research group were higher than those in the control group, while the scores of avoidance and yield dimensions were lower than those in the control group, with statistical significance (P < 0.05); After the intervention, the self-perceived burden of the research group was better than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Choosing a psychological intervention model during the rehabilitation of oncology patients facilitates the reduction of patients’ fear of relapse, improves quality of life, improves psychological resilience, helps patients to establish a positive mode of coping with the disease, reduces the burden of self-feeling, and relieves patients’ post-traumatic stress, and it is recommended that a large-scale psychological intervention model be encouraged among clinical oncology patients with a view to increasing the overall level of benefit for the patients and improving the quality of life during the survivorship period.
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