Correlation between Anxiety of Gastric Cancer Patients and Their Resilience and Hope Levels

VernacularTitle:胃癌患者焦虑状况与心理韧性及希望水平的相关性
Author: Chao ZHANG ; Aiping WANG ; Liwei JING ; Shiying LIU ; Lei XU ; Lei YAN ; Hongjie YI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: gastric cancer; anxiety; resilience; hope
From: Journal of China Medical University 2016;45(8):739-741,753
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship between anxiety ,resilience and hope levels among gastric cancer patients ,so as to provide evi?dence for psychological intervention. Methods Cluster sampling design was used to select 324 gastric cancer patients. The anxiety self?assess?ment scale,resilience scale and hope scale are used to measure the related indicators. Results The comparative analysis showed that patients with different genders,education levels and marital status had different scores in anxiety level and resilience level(P<0.05),and those with differ?ent genders and marital status got different hope levels(P<0.05). Correlation analysis showed that anxiety was negatively correlated with resil?ience and hope levels(P<0.05),the coefficient of correlations ranged from-0.556 to-0.124. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that edu?cation level,marital status,income level,resilience,hope levels explained portion of the variance of anxiety. Conclusion Clinical nursing staff should reduce the gastric cancer patients′anxiety by improving their resilience and hope levels.