老年癌症患者抑郁状况调查及其干预

Investigation and Intervention of Depression in Elderly Cancer Patients

调查影响老年癌症患者抑郁症的相关因素,研究干预措施对缓解老年癌症抑郁症的作用,提高老年癌症患者的生活质量。选取50名老年癌症病人作为研究对象,采用老年抑郁量表(GDS)对老年癌症病人进行调查,结果采用X2检验。结果为:50例老年癌症患者中有抑郁症状的患者24例,抑郁症发生率为48%。影响老年癌症患者发生抑郁的因素中,经济收入和持续性疼痛的差异有统计学意义。对12例老年癌症抑郁症患者进行疼痛干预,干预组抑郁症状缓解率显著高于常规组,差异具有统计学意义。老年癌症患者相对于一般老年人更容易发生抑郁症,影响老年癌症患者产生抑郁症的相关因素有经济收入和持续性疼痛,疼痛干预可有效缓解老年癌症患者抑郁症状。

Objective: To investigate the factors related to depression in elderly cancer patients,study intervention measures to alleviate the effect of depression of elderly cancer patients,and improve the life quality of elderly cancer patients. Methods: 50 elderly cancer patients were randomly selected as the research object,the Geriatric Depression Scale( GDS) was used to investigate the elderly cancer patients,the results were verified by X2 test. Results: there were 24 elderly cancer patients with depressive symptoms,the incidence of depression was 48%. Among the factors leading to depression,the economic income difference and persistent pain were statistically significant. Pain intervention was done for 12 elderly cancer patients with depression and their depressive symptoms remission rate was significantly higher than that of the normal group,whose difference was statistically significant. Conclusion: The elderly cancer patients compared with the general elderly people were much easier to catch depression,factors leading to depression in elderly cancer patients were economic income and persistent pain,and pain intervention can effectively alleviate the symptoms of depression in elderly patients with cancer.