Psychological problems of oncology patients

In the recently held tumor rehabilitation seminar, experts pointed out that tumor patients have 4 common psychological problems, and understanding these psychological problems is significant to enhance patients’ confidence in recovery. Role Disorder When a person has a disease, it forces him to convert from a normal social role to the role of a patient. He needs to stop the job he normally holds and cannot take care of his family, instead he needs his loved ones to take care of him. Li Ruiyan, director of Xin’an Rehabilitation Hospital, said that in clinical practice, many patients are reluctant to accept such a role change. The sense of responsibility for the career, the attachment to the family, and the worry about the disease they are suffering from cause fear and anxiety in patients. Yu Yanyun, Department of Anesthesiology, Wuxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital Degeneration and dependence Out of the fear of the disease, patients become degenerate in their behavior. They ask their family members to do what they can do by themselves, they are overly dependent on their family members, they cannot adapt to the hospital environment quickly, they are more emotionally fragile, and their will declines. Yuan Zhengping, president of Shanghai Cancer Rehabilitation Club, believes that dependence is a negative emotion that will lower the patient’s own immune function, reduce the patient’s confidence and ability to resist the disease, and is not conducive to recovery. Anxiety Anxiety is a natural response to fear, which most patients experience during the course of their illness. Liang Shubing, director of Zhen Guo Hospital, said that if fear is not relieved in a timely and effective manner, it will develop into uncontrollable anxiety, such as palpitations and sweating, insomnia, headache and vertigo, etc. Patients tend to lose control of their behavior, get excited easily, lack patience, lose temper, blame themselves and condemn others. According to Liang Shubing, the degree of anxiety is related to the individual’s psychological quality, education level, life experience and coping ability. Depression This refers to low mood, pessimistic state of mind, lowered self-esteem, poor sense of self, lack of interest in daily life, and negative aversion to life. Depression can lead to decreased appetite and sleep disturbances. The intensity of depressive reactions is related to the individual’s psychological quality and sensitivity to reactions to external things, and individuals who are not sensitive to external reactions are more likely to become depressed. Heavy family burdens, lack of family care for a long time, lack of good interpersonal relationships, and lack of timely catharsis of negative emotions can also aggravate the degree of depression.