입원기간중 암환자의 정서적 변화에 대한 연구

Abstract

This study was carried out for the purposes to identify the emotional reaction of the cancer patients during their hospitalization from Dec. 1975 to April 1976. One hundred and eleven cases from the several general and educational hospitals in Seoul were selected to test their anxiety by means of the Tayler's "Personality Scale of Manifest Anxiety" modified by Sung Tae, Kim(1969). The anxiety score of the respondents were analysed in comparison with the diagnosis knowing group and the inaccurately or unknowing group according to the situational variables such as sex, age, presence or absence of spouse, experience of operation, number of hospitalization and the duration since recognition of their own diagnosis. The study results were obtained through statistical analysis as follows: 1. In general characteristics of the respondents, the number of female patients were more than male patients, the most common age group was 41--60, and majority of the respondents were graduates of elementary, middle and high school. 2. The mean of anxiety score of total patient was 18.71 which was higher than the mean (17.8) of the healthy adult presented by Kim. 3. There was a significant differences of anxiety score between the accurately-knowing group and inaccurately-knowing or unknowing group at 0.005 level (t=3.02 p<0.005). Mean of the former group was 21. 32 and that of the later 17. O. 4. In accurately-knowing group, there was a significant difference among the different periods since recognition of their diagnosis at 0.001 level (F=8.2 p<O.OO1). In second month they were most anxious and became less anxious when it got longer. 5. In accurately-knowing group, there were no significant differences in comparison with sex, age presence or absence of spouse, experience of operation and the number of hospitalization. 6. In inaccurately-knowing or unknowing group, there was significant difference of anxiety score between female and male patients at 0.001 level (t =4.40 p<O.OO1). Mean of female patients were 21. 03 and that of male patient 13.73. 7. In inaccurately-knowing or unknowing group, there were no significant difference according to age, presence or absence of spouse, experience of "operation and number of hospitalization.