School of Nursing, Yeungnam University College, Daegu 42415, Korea.
Department of Nursing, Daegu University, Daegu 42400, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 7;17(13):4911. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134911.
crying therapy is currently being applied in some countries to treat cancer patients, manage pain, and promote mental health. However, little nursing and medical research on the effects of crying therapy has been conducted in other parts of the world. This study aimed to develop a crying therapy program for breast cancer survivors and assess its effects. Interventions/method: data from 27 breast cancer survivors in South Korea were analyzed. The intervention, employing a single group, pre-post-test quasi-experimental design, was divided into three phases, and effects were verified for emotional (distress, fatigue, and mood conditions) and physiological (cortisol, immunoglobulin G, and blood pressure) variables.
there were significant changes in distress, mood changes, and immunoglobulin G and smaller changes in blood pressure postintervention. Fatigue and cortisol showed no significant changes.
this study demonstrated the effectiveness of a short-term crying therapy program that can induce positive emotional changes and physiological effects in breast cancer survivors. This intervention can improve quality of life, indicating its value as a self-care program for cancer survivors.
哭泣疗法目前正在一些国家用于治疗癌症患者、缓解疼痛和促进心理健康。然而，在世界其他地区，对哭泣疗法的影响进行护理和医学研究的却很少。本研究旨在为乳腺癌幸存者开发一种哭泣疗法方案，并评估其效果。
干预措施/方法：分析了韩国 27 名乳腺癌幸存者的数据。该干预措施采用单组前后测试准实验设计，分为三个阶段，并验证了情绪（困扰、疲劳和情绪状况）和生理（皮质醇、免疫球蛋白 G 和血压）变量的效果。
干预后困扰、情绪变化和免疫球蛋白 G 有显著变化，血压有较小变化。疲劳和皮质醇没有显著变化。
本研究表明，短期哭泣疗法方案可以在乳腺癌幸存者中引起积极的情绪变化和生理效应。这种干预措施可以提高生活质量，表明其作为癌症幸存者自我护理方案的价值。
