Effects of solution-focused approach on preoperative anxiety and depression in patients with colorectal cancer

Abstract

Objective To explore the effects of solution-focused approach on improving preoperative anxiety and depression in colorectal cancer patients, so as to provide evidence for clinical nursing intervention. Methods A total of 120 patients with colorectal cancer admitted from July 2016 to June 2017 were enrolled in this study by purposive sampling method. The patients were numbered according to the order of admission, and randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group, with 60 cases in each group. In the control group, routine nursing intervention was conducted. The observation group was treated with solution-focused approach. Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) were applied to assess patients on admission and after intervention. Results The scores of SAS and SDS of the control group were (46.53±9.21) and (34.94±7.62) respectively, which were higher than those of the experimental group (41.11±8.94) and (29.82±6.82) , and the differences were statistically significant (t=3.271, 3.878; P<0.01) . Conclusions Solution-focused approach can improve the level of preoperative anxiety and depression in patients with colorectal cancer, which is worthy of clinical application. Key words: Anxiety; Depression; Colorectal cancer; Solution-focused approach