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KMID : 1137220090090010023
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Jounal of Korean Oncology Nursing
2009 Volume.9 No. 1 p.23 ~ p.30
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Correlation between Mental Adjustment to Cancer and Anxiety
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Oh Pok-Ja
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to identify the relationship between mental adjustment to cancer and anxiety.
Method: This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design. A total of 124 ambulatory cancer patients completed the Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation.
Results: There was a significantly negative correlation between anxiety and fighting spirit which was adaptive adjustment to cancer (r=-0.29, p＜0.001). However, anxiety had significantly positive correlation with helplessness/hopelessness (r=0.38, p＜0.001), anxious preoccupation (r=0.55, p＜ 0.001), and fatalism (r=0.22, p＜0.05) to cancer.
Conclusion: Cancer patients’ mental adjustment is correlated with the degree of the psychosocial distress. Anxious preoccupation and helplessness/hopelessness are the most maladaptive adjustments whereas fighting spirit is one of the most adaptive adjustment to cancer.
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KEYWORD
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Cancer patient, Mental Adjustment, Anxiety
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