Investigation of anxiety condition and psychological requirement of retinoblastoma patients' mothers

Abstract

Objective To explore anxiety condition,disease uncertainty and psychological requirement of retinoblastoma patients' mothers and provide references for clinical nursing.Methods Mothers of 30 healthy children were classified as observation group.30 mothers of children with retinoblastoma were classified investigation group.They were all detected by questionnaire survey.Results General condition between observation and investigation group had no significant difference ( P ＞ 0.05 ).SAS score of anxiety self-rated chart of investigation group was higher than control group [ (46.63 ± 8.98 ) vs (30.5 ± 5.68) ; t =8.316,P ＜0.01 ],which was also higher than domestic norm.Analyzing the disease uncertainty order,the severe question that puzzled parents were whether retinoblastoma can lead to death,survival time,recurrence,keeping from eyeball removal and stage of disease.The answers of questions that investigation group want to know were condition of disease,therapy result,survival after operation,metastasis of retinoblastoma,complications of chemotherapy and support of social psychology and economic.Conclusions Anxiety level of retinoblastoma children's mother was higher than healthy children' s mother.According to anxiety condition,disease uncertainty and psychological requirement of retinoblastoma children' s mother,nurses can help them release their anxiety and satisfy their psychological requirement so as to reach effective treatment. Key words: Retinoblastoma; Mother; Children; Anxiety; Psychological requirement