Influence of mindfulness on anxiety and depression of gynecological oncology patients / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of mindfulness on anxiety and depression of gynecological oncology patients.Methods Using objective methods,80 patients with gynecological oncology were divided to the usual care group and mindfulness training group according to random number table,40 cases in each group.The self -rated anxiety scale and self -rated depression scale were used to compare the effects at three times.Results There were 3 patients lost and 77 patients were analyzed finally.The ANOVA showed that there were significant differences on anxiety and depression scores of SAS (F =4.614,P =0.035) and SDS (F =4.070,P =0.044) between the two groups,and the scores of SAS (F =15.115,P <0.001) and SDS (F =7.034,P =0.002) had interaction effects. Conclusion Mindfulness can adjust the psychology state of gynecological oncology patients and decreased the level of anxiety and depression.