The effect of positive psychological intervention based on PERMA model on the fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer patients / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effect of positive psychological intervention based on PERMA model on the fear of cancer recurrence and psychological capital in breast cancer patients during chemotherapy.Methods:A total of 60 breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy from November 2019 to January 2020 were divided into intervention group and control group with 30 cases in each group. The control group received routine health education. On this basis, the intervention group was given 8 times of positive psychological intervention. The general situation questionnaire, Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form (FoP-Q-SF) and Positive Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PPQ) were used to evaluate the results of the two groups before and after intervention.Results:Before, 4 weeks after and 8 weeks after the intervention, the score of fear of cancer recurrence in the intervention group were 39.67±4.24, 34.60±3.78 and 31.17±3.60. The difference of the score of fear of cancer recurrence at different time points was statistically significant ( F value was 257.757, P<0.05). The scores of psychological capital were 113.20±19.75, 125.57±18.79 and 134.43±17.59. The difference of psychological capital level at different time points was statistically significant ( F value was 154.225, P<0.05). Conclusions:Positive psychological intervention based on PERMA model can reduce the fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer patients during chemotherapy and improve their psychological capital level.