Application effects of solution focused approach in preoperative psychological intervention for lung cancer patients

Objective To explore the application effects of solution focused approach in psychological intervention to the anxiety and depression before operation in lung cancer patients. Methods A total of 92 lung cancer patients were divided into control group and observation group, with each group 46 cases. The patients of control group was given routine psychological nursing, while the patients of observation group received a 5-steps psychological intervention of solution focused approach on the basis of routine psychological nursing. The patients were elevated for the level of anxiety and depression by the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and the self-rating depression scale (SDS) on the day of admission and the day before operation, and results were compared between two groups. Results The differences of SAS and SDS scores between two groups were not statistically significant before intervention (P>0.05). After psychological intervention, the scores of SAS and SDS of observation group were (45.85±7.49) and (49.03±7.46) points respectively, which were lower than (50.62±8.01) and (54.36±6.72) in the control group (t=2.950, 3.600; P<0.05). Conclusions The application of solution focused approach in preoperative psychological intervention can effectively relieve the anxiety and depression before operation in patients with lung cancer. Key words: Lung cancer; Anxiety; Depression; Psychological intervention; Solution focused approach