Effect of group sandplay therapy on emotion in perichemotherapy patients with lung cancer
Zhou Fengju
Zhao Yun
Li Jing
Jiang Lizhen
Lu Haiyan
Li Chunliu
Abstract：Objective To investigate the effect of group sandplay therapy on emotional state in perichemotherapy patients with lung cancer.Methods Totlly 122 lung cancer patients who had chemotherapy from November 2012 to November 2015 in Harrison International Peace Hospital were randomly divided into observation group (60 cases) and control group(62 cases).Both groups were treated with routine chemotherapy and nursing care.The observation group had group sandplay therapy.Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS) were analyzed.Results After treatment,SAS and SDS scores were significantly lower than those before treatment in both groups [control group:(46 ± 9) scores vs (50 ± 9) scores,(53 ± 8) scores vs (55 ± 9) scores;observation group:(35 ± 8) scores vs (50 ± 8) scores,(42 ± 10) scores vs (55 ± 8) scores].SAS and SDS scores in observation group were significantly lower than those in control group(all P ＜0.05).In observation group,traumatic score after treatment was significantly lower than that before treatment;healing score after treatment was significantly higher than that before treatment [(1.0 ± 0.7) scores vs (4.0 ± 1.6) scores;(3.9 ± 0.8) scores vs (3.0 ± 0.7) scores] (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Group sandplay psychotherapy can improve the emotional state in perichemotherapy patients with lung cancer.
Keywords：Lung neoplasmsChemotherapyGroup sandplayPsychotherapy
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1621-1624 )