Regulatory effects of comprehensive psychological intervention on adverse emotions and immune status of cervical cancer patients during the perioperative period.

OBJECTIVE: To compare and evaluate the regulatory effects of comprehensive psychological intervention on adverse emotions and immune status of cervical cancer patients during the perioperative period.
METHODS: A total of 109 cervical cancer patients admitted to our hospital were selected and divided into the conventional group (n=54) and the comprehensive group (n=55). The conventional group received conventional nursing intervention, while the comprehensive group received comprehensive psychological and conventional nursing intervention. The adverse emotions, social support degrees, level of hope, sleep quality, immune functions and nursing satisfaction were compared between the two groups.
RESULTS: On Day 10 after surgery, the comprehensive group had lower scores of hospital anxiety and depression scale-anxiety (HADS-A), and hospital anxiety and depression scale-depression (HADS-D), higher scores of social support rating scale (SSRS), intimate relationship, positive attitude, and attitude for actions, a higher excellent and good rate of social support degree (92.73% vs 75.93%), a lower Cortisol (Cor) level, and a higher level of interleukin-2 (IL-2) than the conventional group (P < 0.05). On Days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 after surgery, the scores of Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) in the comprehensive group were lower than those in the conventional group (P < 0.05). The overall degree of nursing satisfaction in comprehensive group (94.55%) was higher than that in the conventional group (79.63%) (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Comprehensive psychological intervention can remarkably improve the negative emotions, social support degree, level of hope, sleep quality, immune functions, and satisfaction of cervical cancer patients receiving conventional nursing intervention during the perioperative period. AJTR

RCT Entities:   Population Interventions Outcomes