Open AccessEffects of continued psychological care toward brain tumor patients and their family members' negative emotions
Author(s) -
Ning Xiao,
Ding Zhu,
Shuiyuan Xiao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.181184
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , depression (economics) , incidence (geometry) , intervention (counseling) , brain tumor , physical therapy , psychiatry , clinical psychology , physics , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Numerous studies have confirmed that brain tumor patients and their family members frequently exhibit negative emotional reactions, such as anxiety and depression, during diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Family members experience increasing pressure as the year of survival of patient progress. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the continued psychological care (CPC) toward the brain tumor patients and their family members' emotions.