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KMID : 1137220060060020152
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Jounal of Korean Oncology Nursing
2006 Volume.6 No. 2 p.152 ~ p.161
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Effects of the Information Providing Program of I¹³¹ Treatment on the Anxiety and Immune Response of Patients with Thyroid Cancer
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김영순/Kim YS
김순구/김기련/Kim SG/Kim KR
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the information providing program of I¹³¹ treatment on the pre-treatment anxiety and immune response of patients with thyroid cancer.
Method: The used design was a nonequivalent control group design with pretest and post-test. Subjects of this study were 54 patients who had received a total thyroidectomy. They were given a information providing program with a brochure before 4 weeks of the hospitalization for I¹³¹ treatment, with problem solving phone counseling before 2 weeks of the hospitalization. Collected data were analyzed using the SPSS WIN program.
Result: Hypothesis one, “The anxiety score of an experimental group would be lower than the score of a control group” was supported(t = -2.12, p = .03). Hypothesis two, “The level of cortisol of an experimental group would be lower than the level of a control group” was supported(t = -3.19, p = .00). However, hypothesis three “The level of T, B and N-K cells of an experimental group would be higher than the level of a control group” was not supported.
Conclusion: The information providing program of I¹³¹ treatment effectively decreased the anxiety of patients with thyroid cancer.
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