Correlation among family cohesion, cancer pain sensation and belief-perception of patients with primary liver cancer

Abstract

Objective To observe the family cohesion, cancer pain sensation and belief-perception of patients with primary liver cancer and to analyze the correlations among them. Methods From December 2014 to December 2017, we selected 129 inpatients with primary liver cancer of the First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University as subjects by convenience sampling. The family cohesion, cancer pain sensation and belief-perception of patients were evaluated with the family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale, second edition (FACESⅡ) , Pain Intensity Numerical Rating Scale (PINRS) and Pain Beliefs and Perceptions Inventory (PBPI) . Besides, Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlations among them. Results The scores of family cohesion and pain sensation of patients with primary liver cancer were (56.00±5.12) and (5.53±1.18) respectively. In pain belief and perception, the highest score was (1.35±0.05) in the dimension of feeling pain is very mysterious . Pearson correlation analysis showed that primary liver cancer patients' family cohesion had negative correlations with cancer pain as well as the items of pain belief and perception (r=-0.426, -0.523, -0.434, -0.451, -0.420; P<0.05) . Conclusions The family cohesion of primary liver cancer patients is in a low level affecting the cancer pain sensation and belief-perception of patients, which suggests nurses attach importance to patients' family cohesion, encourage family members to pay attention to patients and increase communication so as to improve treatment effects of patients. Key words: Carcinoma, hepatocellular; Family cohesion; Cancer pain sensation; Belief-perception