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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2010, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (1): 101-105.

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Psychological crisis intervention to improve the quality of life of patients with advanced breast cancer

ZHAO Wen-ying, WU Wan-chun   

  1. Yijishan Hospital Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, China
  • Received:2009-12-01 Revised:2010-01-05 Online:2010-01-26 Published:2020-09-21

Abstract: AIM: To improve the impact of psychological crisis intervention on the quality of life for patient s with advanced breast cancer.METHODS: 108 cases with advanced breast cancer were randomly divided into psycho logical crisis intervention group (65 cases) and control group (43 cases).A psychological cri sis intervention, a self-rating depression scale (SDS), a self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and a SF-36 Scale (that i s health survey summary table, the Mos36 item shore form health survey, SF-36) evaluation were used to analyze compared with control group.RESULTS: After the interventionin psychological crisis intervention group, the scores of SDS and SAS were significantly lower than those before the intervention (both P <0.01), the 8 areas of SF-36 score were significantly increased (P <0.01) ;There were nosignificant differences in control group between the scores of SDS and SAS before and after treatment (all P >0.05).Except for 2 areas of physiological functions of the body and outside pain in SF-36 score, there were nosignificant differences before and after treatment (P >0.05). CONCLUSION: Psychological intervention cansignificantly improve the psycho logical state of patients with advanced breast cancer, thereby improve the quality of life in patients with advanced breast cancer.

Key words: Psychological crisis intervention, Quality of life(QOL), Advanced breast cancer

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