Status quo and influencing factors of anxiety among caregivers of children with cancer during chemotherapy
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20210224-00830
- VernacularTitle:癌症患儿化疗期照顾者焦虑现状及影响因素分析
- Author:
Erfang HAN
1
;
Xiaohui LIU
;
Mengjia WANG
;
Xiaoli NI
;
Mingli XIANG
;
Ruixing ZHANG
Author Information
1. 郑州大学第一附属医院儿科，郑州 450052
- Keywords:
Child;
Anxiety;
Caregiver;
Neoplasms;
Cognitive fusion
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2022;28(3):344-348
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the status quo and influencing factors of anxiety among caregivers of children with cancer during chemotherapy to provide a reference for clinical intervention.Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 133 caregivers of children with cancer during chemotherapy admitted at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University between May and August 2020 were selected by convenient sampling and investigated with the General Information Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) , and Chinese version of Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) . In this study, a total of 133 questionnaires were distributed and 124 valid ones were returned, accounting for an effective response rate of 93.2%.Results:The GAD-7 score of the 124 caregivers was 10.50 (6.00, 15.75) ; the incidence of anxiety was 84.68% (105/124) ; and the Chinese version of CFQ score was 42.00 (32.00, 50.00) . There was a positive correlation between the GAD-7 and CFQ scores ( r=0.639, P<0.01) . Binary logistic regression analysis showed that cognitive fusion was a risk factor for anxiety among caregivers of children with cancer during chemotherapy ( P<0.01) . Conclusions:The anxiety and cognitive fusion levels among caregivers of children with cancer during chemotherapy are relatively high and positively correlated with each other. Targeted interventions should be provided in clinical practice for the cognitive fusion of caregivers of children with cancer during chemotherapy to reduce their anxiety and improve the quality of care for children.
