Ashraff S, Gupta A K, Chaudhury S, Sudarsanan S, Raju Msvk, Salujha S K, Srivastava K
Medical Cadet, Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411 040.
Postgraduate Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411 040.
Med J Armed Forces India. 2004 Apr;60(2):109-12. doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(04)80097-2. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
A total of 50 patients undergoing cancer treatment at Malignant Disease Treatment Centre were included in the present study aimed at evaluating the psychological status of cancer patients. All patients filled a specially designed proforma and the following psychological questionnaires : General Health Questionnaire, Carroll Rating Scale for Depression, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, PGI General Well-being Scale and Quality of Life Scale. Analysis of the results showed that 22 (44%) of the cancer patients had psychiatric disorders and this number had reduced to 12 (24%) after therapy. The difference was statistically significant. Psychiatric treatment also resulted in a statistically significant reduction in level of depression as measured by Carroll Rating Scale for depression. Short term psychiatric treatment was found to be very useful in treating psychiatric morbidity and depression in cancer patients.
本研究纳入了50名在恶性疾病治疗中心接受癌症治疗的患者，旨在评估癌症患者的心理状态。所有患者均填写了一份专门设计的表格以及以下心理问卷：一般健康问卷、卡罗尔抑郁评定量表、状态-特质焦虑量表、总体幸福感量表和生活质量量表。结果分析显示，22名（44%）癌症患者患有精神障碍，治疗后这一数字降至12名（24%）。差异具有统计学意义。通过卡罗尔抑郁评定量表测量，精神治疗还使抑郁水平在统计学上显著降低。发现短期精神治疗对治疗癌症患者的精神疾病和抑郁非常有用。
