Correlation analysis of depression and social support level in cancer patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2011.28.015
- VernacularTitle:癌症患者抑郁状况与社会支持的相关性分析
- Author:
Hong LUO
1
;
Yong-Fang LIU
;
Dao-Yan HU
;
Jing WANG
;
Shou-Feng HE
;
Qin MA
Author Information
1. 湖北省荆州市肿瘤医院
- Keywords:
Cancer patients;
Depression;
Social support;
Correlation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2011;17(28):3389-3391
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the status of depression and social support in cancer patients,to discuss the correlation between them,and to provide basis for improving their quality of life and mental states.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted in 82 cancer patients with radiotherapy using Zung Depression Rating Scale (SDS) and Social Support Rating.Scale (SSRS).Results 50 cases (60.98％ ) had depression symptoms ; Their SSRS score was ( 44.51 ± 4.02),with significant difference from the norm (34.56 ± 3.73 ) scores (t =22.425 ;P ＜0.01 ).Significant differences of social support and depression were found among different age groups and educational levels of cancer patients (P ＜0.01 ).Depression of the patients had a significant negative correlation with the level of social support,objective support,subjective support and utilization of support (r =-0.791,-0.855,-0.710,and -0.658;P＜0.01).Conclusions Incidence of depression in cancer patients was high and the level of social support was fine.Depression is negatively related with social support.Nurses should pay attention to the role of social support systems in depression of cancer patients and use appropriate social support to improve the quality of life and psychological state of patients.
