Effect of symptom self-assessment-guided psychological counseling on improving negative psychology and optimizing quality of life in young cancer patients
WANG Haimei
LI Juan
XUE Shaoou
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of symptom self-assessment-guided psychological counseling on the negative psychological state and quality of life of young cancer patients.Methods A total of 70 young cancer patients from April 2022 to April 2023 were selected as the research subjects.The 70 patients were randomly divided into the control group and observation group using a random drawing method,with 35 cases per group.Patients in both groups received routine cancer management plans,while those in the observation group were additionally managed by the symptom self-assessment-guided psychological counseling.Psychological status,fatigue symptoms,quality of life,and other indicators were compared.Results Compared with pre-intervention values,cancer-related fatigue and stress perception scores after intervention significantly decreased in both groups,which were significantly lower in the observation group than the control group(P<0.05).The self-care ability score significantly increased in both groups,which were significantly higher in the observation group than the control group(P<0.05).Compared with pre-intervention values,depression scores and cancer recurrence fear scores after interventions significantly decreased in both groups,which were significantly lower in the observation group than the control group(P<0.05).Assessed by the hope level questionnaire,scores of the attitudes of taking positive action(12.34±2.15 vs 9.48±2.07),positive attitudes towards reality and future(12.87±2.16 vs 10.13±2.12)and attitudes of maintaining close relationships with others(12.59±2.08 vs 10.66±2.13)were significantly higher in the observation group than the control group,suggesting a significantly higher hope level in the observation group(P<0.05).Compared with pre-intervention values,scores of quality of life significantly increased in both groups,which were significantly higher in the observation group than the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion The symptom self-assessment-guided psychological counseling program can alleviate the negative psychological state of young cancer patients and improve their quality of life.
Keywords：youth cancersymptom self-assessmentpsychological interventionnegative psychological statequality of life
Publication Date：2026-01-26
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-17(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 165-168 )