Influence of knowing about disease on hope level,anxiety and depression of patients with gastric cancer / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the influence of knowing about disease on hope level,anxiety and depression of patients with gastric cancer.Methods 120 gastric cancer patients were examined by Herth Hope Index,Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAMA) and Hamilton Depression Scale(HAMD).Results Gastric cancer patients who did not know about their diseases accounted for 67.5％.Scores of hope level,anxiety and depression of patients were not obviously different between knowing and not knowing about disease groups.The relevant factors that affected the level of hope in gastric cancer patients were anxiety and family income.Conclusions The knowing or not knowing about disease are not the influencing factors that affected the hope level in gastric cancer patients as well as anxiety and depression.The relevant factors that affected the level of hope in gastric cancer patients are anxiety and family income.Patients can benefit from more factual information about the diagnosis.