|
KMID : 0377619940590100787
|
|
Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1994 Volume.59 No. 10 p.787 ~ p.798
|
|
|
A Comparison of Degree of Anxiety Perception between Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients Admitted in Hospital
|
|
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
For the purpose to find out the comparison of degree of anxiety perception between cancer and non-cancer patients, the author surveyed 122 cancer patients and 117 noncancer patients admitted in Chungnam National University Hospital from December 16, 1992 to February 15, 1993.
The Results of this study can be summarized as followings:
1. In cancer group a total of 64.8 % of the study population were male, female were 35.2 %. In non-cancer group, a total of 58.1 % of the study population were male, female were 41.9.%.
Cancer patients showed lower score of anxiety perception than non-cancer patients, but there was no significant difference in frequency of anxiety between both the groups.
2. Degree of anxiety of 20 years old showed the highest among the subjects. In cancer patients showed similar degree of anxiety by sex and in non-cancer patients showed female higher than male.
3. Degree of anxiety by occupation was significantly in cancer and non-cancer groups (p < 0.05). Entirety maintenance responsibility group and self change of medical treatment group were showed that degree of anxiety was decreased.
4. As duration of illness was increased, the degree of anxiety increased significantly in cancer group (p 0.05), and increasing of number of admission, awareness of diagnosis and existing of past history were showed that degree of anxiety increased in cancer and noncancer groups.
5. As the grade of pain was increased in cancer and non-cancer groups, the degree of anxiety increased and significantly (p < 0.001).
6. Variables predicted the degree of anxiety by multiple regression analysis were pain, maintenance responsibility in cancer group, and pain, religion, occupation, past history in non-cancer group.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|
|