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为头癌患者实施认知行为干预
Sarah Thilges1, Patricia Mumby2, James Sinacore3
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA. Sarah.Thilges@lumc.edu.
概括
简短的认知行为干预 (CBI) 改善了头癌 (HNC) 患者的自我效能,减少了抑郁症状,提高了头癌患者的生活质量 (HRQOL). 这种结构化疗法为在HNC治疗和生存期间管理痛苦提供了一个有希望的方法.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 头癌 (HNC) 和其治疗方法会造成严重的身体,功能和心理痛苦.
- 与健康相关的生活质量 (HRQOL) 是HNC幸存者的一个主要问题,报告的焦虑和抑郁率在15-50%之间.
- 现有的关于HNC心理社会干预的研究受到非标准化的方法和不经常使用随机设计的限制.
研究的目的:
- 评估对HNC患者进行简短的认知行为干预 (CBI).
- 为了提高应对癌症的自我效能.
- 为了减少抑郁症状,其他心理困扰,并提高HNC幸存者的HRQOL.
主要方法:
- 一项随机临床试验,涉及88名HNC患者.
- 患者被分配到标准化的CBI组 (N=47) 或通常的心理护理组 (N=41).
- 治疗后3个月,6个月和12个月评估了结果,对基线值进行了调整.
主要成果:
- 在这两组中都观察到高消耗率,这对纵向HNC研究构成了挑战.
- 尽管消耗,但CBI在完成者中表现出明显的积极影响.
- 在38个比较中,CBI集团在34个比较中显示出有利的结果,这表明其潜在的有效性.
结论:
- 治疗HNC显著影响幸存者的日常生活,并可能是痛苦的.
- 像CBI这样的治疗干预可以帮助在治疗期间管理痛苦.
- 早期参与应对策略积极影响生存期间的情绪和生活质量.
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