Objective To investigate the relationship between the posttraumatic growth in cancer patients and patients' quality of life. Methods 123 cancer patients were measured with posttraumatic growth inventory (PTGI) and EORTC QLQ-C30. Means and standard deviations were used to describe the domain and the range change of posttraumatic growth. Correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were conducted to explore the relationship between the patients' posttraumatic growth and their quality of life. Results 4 of 5 factors in PTGI showed significant positive change, including connection with others [(28.17±7.97) scores], new possibilities [(16.15±6.06) scores], personal strength [(15.42±4.69) scores], and appreciation of life [(11.51±3.80) scores], meanwhile, the spiritual change [(5.07±2.67) scores] had no significant growth. The sum of PTGI was related positively to the role function of the patients. New possibilities (r=0.193), personal strength (r=0.290) and appreciation of life (r=0.284) were correlated positively with global health status. Multiple regression analysis indicated that personal strength (β=0.373, t=3.66) and appreciation of life (β=0.322, t=2.99) could predict positively to global health status, however, relating to others predicted negatively to global health status (β=-0.396, t=-3.63). Conclusion Posttraumatic growth has been found in cancer patients, including some predicting factors of patients' quality of life, such as personal strength, life appreciation and relating to others.

Objective To develop a curriculum of a training course for oncology nurses in regard to patient education in sexuality for breast cancer patients. Methods Delphi Method was used in the study. Two rounds of questionnaire investigation were conducted among 21 specialists in breast nursing care, sexology, and psychology. The curriculum was developed after revised based on the comments and suggestions brought up in the experts. Results The training curriculum in sexual health of the breast cancer patients for oncology nurse consisted of 5 sections, professional education, sexology, medicine, psychology and practice, which were divided into 45 teaching topics included in 13 courses. The comments of the specialists on the training curriculum were consistent. The coefficients of variation ranged from 0.07 to 0.20. The coordination coefficient was 0.344. Conclusions The current study developed an integral curriculum for oncology nurses in regard to patient education in sexuality for breast cancer patients, which will benefit oncology nurses for their nursing practice.

Objective To get further insight into the breakthrough pain experiences in advanced cancer patients in order to provide targeted nursing measures for breakthrough pain patients. Methods Semi structured interviews were performed in 12 advanced cancer patients. Colaizzi analysis program was used to analyze, induct and extract the themes. Results The breakthrough pain experiences of advanced cancer patients were as follows:overall perception of breakthrough pain;the experience when experiencing breakthrough pain; personal growth related to breakthrough pain. Conclusions Nurses should provide sufficient information to patients timely, consider patients′needs and combine with non-drug methods to better manage breakthrough pain to improve patients′experience about breakthrough pain.

Objective To investigate the level of hope, personality characteristics and the care of burden of the primary caregivers of advanced cancer patients, and to analyze the correlation between the level of hope and personality characteristics and care of burden. Methods 201 primary caregivers of terminal cancer patients were selected from May to September in 2016. HHI, NEO-FFI and ZBI were used to investigate the participants. Results The hope of the participants were all in moderate to high levels. The level of hope of the participants was significantly positively correlated with the scores of extraversion and conscientiousness(r =0.165, 0.235, P<0.05). It was significantly negatively correlated with neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and burden care, r =-0.258--0.179, P<0.05. Conclusions The medical staff should give interventions timely according to the personality characteristics and care burden of the main caregivers of patients with advanced cancer, so that the level of hope could be improved in order to improve their psychological health.

Objective To investigate the current status and influencing factors of caring behaviors for oncology specialized nurses. Methods Using general information questionnaire and Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) to investigate oncology specialized nurses from the city of Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Tianjin. Results The total score of self-assessment CBI in oncology specialized nurses was relatively high (82.42±10.42), the scores of sub-scales from high to low in the order were assurance, respectful, knowledge and skill, and connectedness. Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that degree of family care, whether the one-child and working years were influencing factors of caring behavior of oncology specialized nurses (t=11.995, 3.061, 2.608, P<0.01). Conclusions Nursing managers should put forward humanism-oriented theory into all parts of nursing work on the basis of scientific allocation of human resources, establish integrative care training model combing the school and hospital in order to improve caring behaviors of nurses.

Objective: To understand the experience of young breast cancer patients when disclosing the disease to children. Methods: The phenomenological method was adopted in the study. Semi-structured interviews were performed in 13 young breast cancer patients. The date were analyzed by Colaizzi analysis method. Results: Four themes were found: disclosing decision, professional information needs, feel guilty and worried about children, positive experiences with children. Conclusions The medical staff should reduce patients′ stress of disclosure and make intervention strategy to implement individual guidance.

Objective:To investigate the present situation of lymphedema clinics in 60 hospitals and provide reference for the management and development of lymphedema nursing clinic.Methods:Convenience sampling method was used to select 60 hospitals that had set up lymphedema nursing outpatient service. A self-designed questionnaire was conducted for the heads of lymphedema nursing clinics from June 10th 2021 to August 15th, 2021 using electronic questionnaires.Results:Lymphedema clinics had been opened since 2015 and developed rapidly in recent years. The outpatient service mainly took the form of specialized outpatient service for lymphedema, accounted for 61.67%(37/60), and also existed in the form of combined breast rehabilitation, ostomy, catheter maintenance, etc. There was a great difference in the frequency of outpatient service in hospitals, 46.67%(28/60) had outpatient service every day, 36.67% (22/60) had outpatient service only half a day every week. The number of outpatient patients was relatively low, 61.67%(37/60) of the hospitals had no more than 10 patients per week, and only 8.33% (5/60) had more than 50 patients per week. There were only 26 full-time nurses accounted for 14.94%(26/174), and the international lymphedema therapist certification rate was 36.21% (63/174). Training institutions included foreign introduced training programs, domestic and foreign cooperation programs, overseas training and local training, etc. 100.00% (60/60) of the hospitals participating in the survey adopted comprehensive detumescence therapy, combined with auxiliary motor muscle energy binding technology 51.67% (31/60), air wave pressure therapy 48.33% (29/60), traditional Chinese medicine therapy 16.67% (10/60), etc. According to the survey of charging situation, only 14 hospitals accounted for 23.33%(14/60) had special charging, among which 12 hospitals accounted for 20.00%(12/60) had official charging approval.Conclusions:Lymphedema clinics have been developed and the ranks of lymphedema therapists are growing. The relevant departments should strengthen the standard management of lymphedema clinic, clarify the qualifications of visiting personnel, establish the standard of outpatient fees, promote the sustainable development of lymphedema clinic, and finally improve the quality of life of patients with lymphedema.

Objective:To systematically evaluate the effect of couple-centered psychological intervention on breast cancer patients.Methods:Randomized controlled trials published in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, JBI, CNKI, Wanfang, Vip and CBM database on the effect of psychological intervention on breast cancer patients with husband and wife as the center were searched by computer. The retrieval time was from the establishment of the database to September 2020. Two reviewer independently conducted literature screening, data extraction and literature quality evaluation according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and Meta analysis was carried out using RevMan 5.3 software.Results:A total of 879 patients were included in 11 articles. Meta analysis results showed that the couple-centered psychological intervention not only improved the quality of life, but also improved the anxiety of breast cancer patients ( SMD=1.54, 95% CI 0.22-2.86, P=0.02) and depression ( SMD=1.22, 95% CI 0.12-2.33, P=0.03). Conclusions:After psychological intervention, the anxiety and depression of breast cancer patients were improved and the quality of life was also improved. Due to the inconsistency in the mode, frequency and evaluation index of psychological intervention, more large samples and high-quality studies are needed to further verify the effect of couple-centered psychological intervention on breast cancer patients and spouses centered on husband and wife.

Objective To investigate the status of anxiety, depression, fatigue, Body Image and quality of life among post-surgery breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and explore the relationship between these variables and quality of life. Methods Participants meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria were investigated by the self-designed general information questionnaire, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS), Cancer Fatigue Scale(CFS), Body Image After Breast Cancer Questionnaire (BIBCQ), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast(FACT-B). Statistical analysis included descriptive analysis, variance analysis, correlation and regression analysis. Results Totally 162 participants were investigated. Total score of FACT-B was (91.99 ± 19.90) points, function dimension scored lowest;total score of BIBCQ was (129.49±21.71) points;total score of CFS was (24.42 ± 9.91) points;the percent of anxiety was 12.34％(20/162);the percent of depression was 36.42％(59/162). Score of FACT-B showed differences on religious belief, whether have minor children, family per capita monthly income, ways of medical payment (t=4.882,6.660, F=3.796, 4.771,P<0.05); anxiety, depression, fatigue and body image were all negatively correlated (r=-0.648--0.179, P<0.05);Stepwise regression analysis showed that the effect of whether have minor children, depression, fatigue and body image on sexual function were significant (F=35.641, P<0.01, adjusted R2=0.601). Conclusions All variables significant should be taken into consideration while caring for post-surgery breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, by providing targeted care to relieve symptom burden, paying attention to psychological health. Nursing interventions including health education, image guidance, supportive psychotherapy, mindfulness reduction, exercise guidance and so on could be concerned, to help patients relieve anxiety and depression, improve fatigue, and self image, and improve their overall quality of life.

Objective: To explore the effect of self-efficacy on parenting stress among parents of children with malignant solid tumors. Methods: Totally 100 parents of children with malignant solid tumors were investigated and analyzed by using the general questionnaire, parenting stress Index-Short Form(PSI-SF) and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES). Results: The score of general self-efficacy for parents was 1.93±0.54, and the total score of parenting stress was 111.84±13.36. The general self-efficacy and parenting stress scores of parents with malignant solid tumors were significantly negatively correlated with the scores of parental misery, parent-child relationship and difficult children (r=-0.72, -0.65, -0.62 -0.55, all P<0.01). Hierarchical logistic regression analysis indicates that the parenting stress was influenced by self-efficacy, the gender of parents, education level and whether or not on position. Conclusions Self-efficacy is one of the most critical influencing factors on parenting stress of parents.A new approach to improve the self-efficacy is to be achieved to reduce the parenting stress level among parents of children with solid tumors.