Application of Cancer Worry Scale detecting fear of recurrence in breast cancer patients
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.36.012
- VernacularTitle:癌症焦虑量表在乳腺癌患者术后复发恐惧检测中的应用
- Author:
Wei JIAO
1
;
Xiangbo CAO
;
Gang NIE
;
Zhidong LYU
;
Junwei ZHANG
Author Information
1. 266003 青岛大学附属医院综合治疗室，图书馆，乳腺病诊疗中心
- Keywords:
Breast neoplasms;
Cancer Worry Scale;
Fear of cancer recurrence
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(36):4571-4573
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the correlation between Cancer Worry Scale ( CWS) scores and fear of cancer recurrence ( FCR) degree, so as to distribute characteristics of patients .Methods Totals of 85 female breast cancer patients were randomly selected from the breast center in Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University , and conducted the survey of CWS scale by letter or Email .Results The recovery rate of the survey was 74.6%, the CWS score of patients was between 8 and 22, with average score of (11.84 ±4.06).The CWS scores of patients with confirmed breast surgery and partial treatment plus systemic treatment were higher than that patients with improved surgery and only local treatment ,and the difference was statistically significant (χ2 =9.071,16.406, respectively;P<0.05).Conclusions The CWS is a reliable and valid questionnaire to assess fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors .And clinical medical and nursing staff should provide appropriate psychological intervention and support treatment to reduce the tumor recurrence of breast cancer for patients with high CWS score .
