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Wi and Yong: Distress, Depression, Anxiety, and Spiritual Needs of Patients with Stomach Cancer

Abstract

Purpose

This study was to investigate relationships among distress, depression, anxiety, and spiritual needs of hospitalized patients with stomach cancer.

Methods

The participants were 120 in-patients with stomach cancer for surgery or chemotherapy at C University in Seoul from December 2010 to February 2011. To measure emotional and spiritual states was used Distress management version 1 (National Comprehensive Cancer Network, NCCN), the Hospital anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Spiritual Needs Scale. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0, specifically descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, and Pearson's correlation coefficients.

Results

Distress showed positive correlations with anxiety (r=.49, p<.001), and depression (r=.44, p<.001). Anxiety showed positive correlations with depression (r=.59, p<.001). While, depression showed negative correlations with spiritual needs (r=-.25, p<.001).

Conclusion

This study's findings show that hospitalized patients with stomach cancer experienced distress, anxiety, depression and high spiritual needs. Distress, anxiety, and depression of patients with stomach cancer were positively correlated with each other. While the level of depression was negatively correlated with the level of spiritual needs, indicating the higher the level of depression, the lower the spiritual needs. Therefore, nursing interventions for emotional and spiritual support need to be developed for stomach cancer patients.

Figures and Tables

Table 1
General and Clinical Characteristics of Participants (N=120)
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Table 2
Problems of Distress (N=120)
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Table 3
Distress Thermometer, Anxiety and Depression by General and Clinical Characteristics (N=120)
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Table 4
Spiritual Needs by General and Clinical Characteristics (N=120)
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S1, Relationship with God; S2, Meaning and purpose; S3, Acceptance of dying; S4, Hope and peace; S5, Love and connection.

Sum of SNS=Sum of Spiritual needs scale.

Table 5
Correlations of Distress, Anxiety, Depression, and Spiritual Needs (N=120)
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S1, Relationship with God; S2, Meaning and Purpose; S3, Acceptance of Dying; S4, Hope and Peace; S5, Love and Connection.

Sum of SNS=Sum of Spiritual needs scale.

Notes

This article is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from The Catholic University of Korea.

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