Relationship between health status and social support of first hospitalized patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
PENG Junhua
CHEN Chujun
CHEN Guiling
ZHANG Xiaoyu
Abstract：Objective To study the relationship between health status and social support of first hospitalized patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC ) .Methods 150 first hospitalized patients with NPC were surveyed by symptom checklist 90(SCL-90) and social support scale .Results The mental health status of the patients was poor .The scores of SCL-90 of patients were higher than that of the national norm .Education level ,source of treatment cost ,income were positively related to the mental health status of the patients . The social support was negatively related to interpersonal relationship ,paranoia and depression .Conclusion Social support and were closely related mental health of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients .Patients with low educational level ,got low income and social support ,paid the treatment cost at their own expense had poor psychological health status . Good social support can improve the mental health status of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma .
Keywords：Nasopharyngeal carcinomaMental healthSocial supportFirst Hospitalized
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：4( 1-4 )