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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 苏帼慧教授 (那打素护理学院) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1188/10.ONF.E67-E74 |
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摘要Purpose/Objectives: To determine the levels of preoperative anxiety and uncertainty in Hong Kong Chinese women with gynecologic cancer, the demographic factors that may affect the intensity of anxiety, and the effects of uncertainty on the anxiety levels of these women. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: The gynecologic oncology unit of a public hospital in Hong Kong. Sample: 170 Chinese women with diagnosed (or suspected) gynecologic cancer who were scheduled for surgery and able to read Chinese. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire consisting of the Chinese version of Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS-C), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey, and demographic data. Main Research Variables: Gynecologic cancer, anxiety, and uncertainty. Findings: The mean scores of state anxiety and on the MUIS-C were http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/48.3 (SD = 11.58) and 92.27 (SD = 13.http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/49), respectively. A higher level of anxiety was significantly associated with inadequate social support (r = -0.189, p = 0.01http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/4) and a higher level of uncertainty (r = 0.http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/405, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Women perceiving a higher level of uncertainty are more likely to report a higher level of anxiety, although adequate social support may reduce this. Implications for Nursing: Nurses should increase their awareness of the adverse effects of uncertainty on their patients' mental health. They can help to relieve anxiety by minimizing uncertainty levels of their patients through offering emotional support and providing information on the disease, treatment plans, and rehabilitation. Adequate social support should be provided to patients before surgery, which might help to reduce their anxiety.
着者Ismail Z., So W.K.-W., Polly W.-C.L.
期刊名称Oncology Nursing Forum
出版年份2010
月份1
日期1
卷号37
期次1
出版社Oncology Nursing Society
出版地United States
国际标準期刊号0190-535X
语言英式英语
