Author(s): Wu Xue, Min Beibei
Pages: 3570-3573
Year: 2018 Issue:  29
Journal: Modern Nursing
Keyword:  Stomach neoplasms; Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols; Acceptance and commitment therapy;
Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on patients receiving chemotherapy after radical operation for stomach cancer. Methods Totally 92 patients with stomach cancer admitted in Wuhan Central Hospital from March 2014 to September 2016 were selected by convenient sampling and divided into the observation group (n=46) and the control group (n=46) according to the random number table. Patients in the control group received conventional nursing care, while patients in the observation group received acceptance and commitment therapy on this basis. The Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) were used to compare the effects of interventions. Results The observation group scored higher than the control group in disease awareness, emotion and symptom recognition in B-IPQ (P＜0.01); and there was no statistical difference in the dimension of etiology between the two groups post intervention (P＞0.05). The observation group scored higher than the control group in all dimensions of CD-RISC post intervention (P＜0.01). Conclusions Acceptance and commitment therapy helps to improve the level of disease perception and resilience in patients receiving chemotherapy after radical operation for stomach cancer, which is worth promoting in clinical practice.