Survey of anxiety status of patients with esophageal cancer after receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy
Chen Weiluan
Zhou Chunhua
Chen Chuj un
Abstract：Obj ective:To know about the anxiety status of patients with e-sophageal cancer after receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy and its influencing factors.Methods:Self rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)was used for a questionnaire survey of a total of 100 cases of esophageal cancer pa-tients,supplemented by a self designed questionnaire to investigate the causes.Results:In the 100 cases of objects,36 cases had anxiety reaction (3 6%).After chemoradiotherapy,anxiety symptom score was signifi-cantly higher than that of normal group (t=19.94,P<0.01).Conclu-sion:The related factors influencing the anxiety of patients with esopha-geal carcinoma included fear of disease,side effects of treatment,family support,treatment effect,death threats,care issues,treatment costs and pain (P<0.05).Conclusion:The incidence of anxiety is higher in esoph-ageal cancer patients after chemoradiotherapy.The appropriate care in-terventions should be taken aiming at anxiety related factors that influ-ence esophageal cancer patients,so as to relieve their anxiety degree.
Keywords：esophageal cancerchemoradiotherapyanxiety
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 2885-2886 )