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Objective To investigate the effect of family care on incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder after the first chemotherapy of cancer patients.Methods According to the assessment score of Family APGAR Index,67 cases of diagnosed cancer patients with chemotherapy for the first time were divided into bad family function group and good family function group.Then all the patients were assessed by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder questionnaire(PTSD-SS) and the results were statistically analyzed.Results Among the 67 patients,the APGAR score between 0 to 6 points were 28 cases,account for 41.79％ ; 7 to 10 points were 39 cases,account for 58.21％.The score of good family function group was (4.52 ± 1.27) points,the score of bad family function group was (3.86 ± 1.23 ) paints,the difference was significant ( t =2.13,P ＜ 0.05 ).As to the PTSD-SS total score and various factors' scores,the good family function group were higher than that of bad family function group,the difference was significant (P＜ 0.01 or ＜ 0.05).Cancer patients' APGAR score appeared to be negatively correlated with PTSD-SS score(P＜ 0.01 or ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The family care index of cancer patients is closely related to their psychological stress,good family function is better psychological stress level is lower.
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Objective To explore the impact of self-efficacy on negative automatic thoughts and quality of life in cancer patients who received chemotherapy. Methods 106 patients who diagnosed cancer and received chemotherapy were assessed by General Self-Efficacy Scale ( GSES), WHO quality of life questionnaire-brief (WHOQOL-BREF) and Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire(ATQ) . According to the score of GSES, the highest 27% were assigned to higher scores group, and the lowest 27% were assigned to lower scores group, then compared two groups' WHOQOL-BREF and ATQ with t -test and Pearson correlation analysis. Results The mean score of GSES of 106 patients was ( 22.32 ± 8.61 ) points, and the low self-confidence were 55.66%, the mean score of GSES of higher scores group was( 28.64 ± 7.64)points, and the lower scores group was (21.37 ± 5.78 )points, and the two groups have significant difference ( t = 4.18, P ＜ 0. 01 ). The score of ATQ of higher scores group(63.71 ±7.94) was significantly lower than that of lower scores group(86.57 ±9.87), the total and all dimensions score of WHOQOL-BREF of higher scores group was higher than that of lower scores group, respectively.The score of GSES had positive correlation with the score of WHOQOL-BREF , and had negative correlation with the score of ATQ. Conclusion Cancer patients have lower level of self-efficacy, and it is closed correlated with quality of life and negative automatic thoughts.