Influence of place card health education on the post-traumatic growth in laryngeal cancer patients after the operation

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of place card health education on the post-traumatic growth in laryngeal cancer patients after the operation .Methods Ninety-two laryngeal cancer patients from January 2012 to December 2013 were chosen and divided into the control group and the observation group , each with 46 cases.The control group received the routine health education , and the observation group received the place card health education on the basis of the routine health education .The patients were surveyed by Posttraumatic Growth Inventory （ PTGI ） , Jalowies coping scale , General Self-Efficacy Scale （ GSES ） before and after the health education.Results The total score of PTGI was （76.38 ±14.75） in the observation group, and was better than （52.18 ±12.02） in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant （ t=5.986, P〈0.05）.The score of GSES was （50.92 ±12.78） in the observation group, and was higher than （35.98 ± 6.72） in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant （ t =5.785, P 〈0.05 ）.The differences were found in the all dimension of Jalowies coping scale before and after the health education （ P〈0.05）.The score of PTGI of laryngeal cancer patients after the operation was positively correlated with looking for support, optimism, face, and emotional catharsis included by Jalowies coping scale （ r =0.402,0.412, 0.325,0.336, respectively;P〈0.05）, and was negatively correlated with escape , fate, palliative, self-relying included by Jalowies coping scale （r=-0.352,-0.372,-0.363,-0.341, respectively;P〈0.05）.The score of PTGI was positively correlated with self-efficacy（r=0.396,P〈0.05）.Conclusions Place card health education can make the patients to raise positive response to the disease and learn to regulate negative emotions so as to improve their self-efficacy and promote their post-traumatic growth. Key words: Laryngeal cancer; Health education; Place card; Post-traumatic growth