Observation on effect of psychological intervention on alleviation of negative emotion of patients with cervical cancer / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of psychological intervention on alleviation of negative emotion of patients with cervical cancer.Methods 100 patients diagnosed with cervical cancer and needed surgery were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group with 50 in each.The control group was given routine preoperative interview,the observation group received health education,cognitive therapy,psychological intervention.Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and serf-rating depression scale (SDS)were used to evaluate the degree of negative emotion.Results SDS and SAS score of the obscrvation group were significantly lower than the control group,incidence of negative emotion was significantly lower than the control group.Conclusions Application of comprehensive psychological intervention for patients with cervical cancer can reduce negative emotion such as anxiety and depression,help patients cope with treatment,increase tolerance to surgery,improve the effect of surgical treatment,and promote an early re-covery of patients.