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Predictors of Psychological Distress among Patients with Colorectal Cancer-Related Enterostomy: A Cross-sectional
Siqing Li1, Liping Zhong, Danyan Zhou
1At the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China, Siqing Li, MD, is Enterostomal Therapist, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liping Zhong, MS, is Enterostomal Therapist, Radiology Department. Danyan Zhou, MS, is Nursing Student, Xinhua College of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Also at the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Xiumin Zhang, MS, is Nurse, Intensive Care Unit; Yuxia Liu, MS, is Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery; and Baojia Zheng, MD, is Health Manager, Health Management Center. Acknowledgment: Siqing Li and Liping Zhong contributed equally to this study, and Baojia Zheng and Yuxia Liu contributed equally to this study. The authors thank the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University for its free database use. This study was supported financially by the Young Talents of Sun Yat-sen University (N: N2020Y05). The authors have disclosed no other financial relationships related to this article. Submitted March 19, 2022; accepted in revised form May 2, 2022.
Objective:
To identify variables that may predict psychological distress in patients with an enterostomy.
Methods:
Investigators recruited 77 patients with a stoma from a stoma clinic according to the inclusion criteria. Patients' psychological distress was assessed with the Distress Thermometer (DT) tool, and their personality type was determined by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Researchers also collected demographic and disease-related data. Predictive values were estimated using multiple regression analyses.
Results:
The mean DT score of all patients was 5.94 (SD, 1.81), and approximately 85.7% consistently suffered from psychological distress. Being unmarried and having peristomal complications were associated with higher psychological distress, whereas having a monthly income 5,000 ¥ or more was associated with lower levels of distress. Moreover, patients with a melancholic personality type tended to have higher DT scores, which could act as a strong independent predictor for psychological distress.
Conclusions:
The majority of patients with a stoma endured moderate to severe psychological distress during follow-up care. Exploring the related factors that predict the levels of psychological distress could enable clinicians to identify at-risk patients as early as possible and thus provide optimal care for improving patients' quality of life.
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