Influences of group-based psychological intervention on uncertainty in illness, self-perceived burden and despair level in patients with end stage renal disease
YANG Wen-jun, ZHOU Mei, HE Fan, LI Su-hua
The First Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830054, China
Abstract:Objective To explore the influences of group-based psychological intervention on uncertainty in illness, self-perceived burden, anxiety, depression and despair level in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Methods One hundred ESRD patients who received therapy in the First Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University from January 2017 to March 2018 were selected as the observation subjects. They were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group (each n=50). The control group was given conventional psychological intervention, while the observation group received group-based psychological intervention. Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS), Self-perceived Burden Scale (SPBS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) were employed to assess uncertainty in illness, self-perceived burden, anxiety, depression and despair level, respectively. Then, scores of MUIS, SPBS, SAS, SDS and BHS were compared between the two groups before and after the intervention. Results Comparison of MUIS scores between the two groups indicated that no statistically significant differences were found in the scores of uncertainty(t=0.250,P=0.802), complexity(t=0.577,P=0.565), lack of information(t=0.701,P=0.485) and unpredictability(t=1.004,P=0.318) and the total scores(t=0.308,P=0.759) before the intervention, but the scores of uncertainty(t=3.188, P=0.002), complexity(t=3.873, P<0.001), lack of information(t=8.681, P<0.001), unpredictability(t=8.114, P<0.001) and the total scores(t=7.062, P<0.001) three months after the intervention were all lower in the observation group than in the control group, with statistically significant differences. Comparison of SPBS scores between the two groups revealed that no statistically significant differences were found in the scores of financial burden(t=0.832,P=0.407), emotional burden(t=0.645,P=0.520), body burden(t=0.638,P=0.525) and the total scores(t=0.797,P=0.428)before the intervention. The scores of emotional burden (t=6.893, P<0.001), body burden (t=8.577, P<0.001) and the total score (t=9.378, P<0.001) three months after the intervention were all lower in the observation group than in the control group, with statistically significant differences. No statistically significant difference was observed in the score of financial burden between the two groups(t=0.873,P=0.385). The scores of SAS (t=0.349, P=0.728) and SDS (t=0.296, P=0.768) before the intervention had no statistically significant differences between the two groups, while the scores of SAS(t=5.812, P<0.001)and SDS (t=5.146, P<0.001)were both lower in the observation group than in the control group, with statistically significant differences. Comparison of BHS scores between the two groups displayed that no statistically significant differences were found in the scores of feelings about the future (t=1.263, P=0.210), loss of motivation(t=1.512,P=0.134), future expectation(t=1.150,P=0.253) and the total score (t=0.237,P=0.813) before the intervention, but the scores of feelings about the future(t=3.900,P<0.001), loss of motivation(t=5.012,P<0.001), future expectation(t=7.987,P<0.001) and the total score(t=4.132, P<0.001) three months after the intervention were all lower in the observation group than in the control group, with statistically significant differences. Conclusions Group-based psychological intervention can alleviate uncertainty in illness and self-perceived burden, improve negative emotions of anxiety and depression, and reduce despair level in patients with ESRD.
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YANG Wen-jun, ZHOU Mei, HE Fan, LI Su-hua. Influences of group-based psychological intervention on uncertainty in illness, self-perceived burden and despair level in patients with end stage renal disease. , 2019, 26(12): 1441-1445.