title: [An investigation on anxiety and coping patterns of patients under cancer chemotherapy and the strategies].
abstract: 100 cases of patients under cancer chemotherapy were investigated by using Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and questionnaire on coping patterns. The results showed that scores of SAS were significantly higher than that of the normal population. The state of the anxiety reached 45% among the patients. The patients' coping patterns tended to be passive. Linear analysis revealed a negative correlation between the coping patterns and the scores of SAS. It is recommended that cognitive behavioral therapy can be used to relieve the anxiety of patients under cancer chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing of Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou.
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires