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| Clinical Observation on Effect of Mental Intervention on Increasing Quality of Life in Patients with Malignant Tumor |
| Hits 1675 Download times 1928 Received:March 06, 2006 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2006.06.09 |
| Key Words
mental intervention;malignant tumor;quality of life |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | CHENG Kun | The First Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 100193, China | | WANG Jing | The First Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 100193, China | | JIA Ying-jie | The First Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 100193, China |
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| Abstract
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| [Objective] To observe the effect of mental intervention on the quality of life in patients with malignant tumor in middle and advanced stage treated with TCM and chemotherapy.[Methods] Thirty patients were randomly divided into two groups:mental intervention group and control group.Except mental intervention the patients received the same treatment as those in intervention group.Hamilton anxiety scale(HAMA),Hamilton’s depression scale(HAMD),psychiatric outpatients mood scale(POMS)and quality of life scale(QLQ-C30)were carried out in all the patients before,in and after treatment.[Results] The improvement of HAMA,HAMD,POMS and QLQ-C30 in treatment group was obviously superior to that in control group(P<0.01).[Conclusions] The mental intervention may improve emotional state and quality of life in patients with malignant tumor in middle and advanced stage. |
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