Influencing factors of fear of progression in patients with primary liver cancer

Abstract

Objective To explore the influencing factors of fear of progression in patients with primary liver cancer and to provide a basis for developing targeted intervention measures. Methods Totally 160 patients with liver cancer hospitalized in a ClassⅢ Grade A general hospital in Jilin Province were selected using convenient sampling and investigated with Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form (FoP-Q-SF) . Univariate and multivariate linear regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of fear of progression in the patients. Totally 160 questionnaires were distributed, and 137 valid questionnaires were collected. Results The fear of progression score of the 137 patients with liver cancer totaled (38.38±8.63) , including (20.02±5.75) in physiological health and (18.35±4.57) in the social and family dimension; multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that age, gender, Family per capita monthly income, education and whether to receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy were the factors affecting the fear of progression in the patients with liver cancer. Conclusions The patients with liver cancer show severe fear of progression, which is affected by multiple factors. Nurses should take targeted intervention measures based on patients' different situations so as to reduce their fear of progression. Key words: Liver neoplasms; Fear of progression; Influencing factor