title: [Influence of anxiety and depression status of family members on the general psychological status of perioperative patients with lung cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Facing the double pressures caused by cancer and surgery, many patients will appear series psychological problems like nervous, fear, pessimism, anxiety and so on. The aim of this study is to explone the anxiety, depression status of family members, the general psychological status of perioperative patients with lung cancer and the influence of the former on the latter.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total 97 patients and 97 patient family members from the thoracic department of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University were enrolled as the study subjects. The general information, the anxiety and depression status of the family members, and the general psychological status of perioperative patients with lung cancer were investigated using self-made general information questionnaire, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) and symptom check-list 90 (SCL-90).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scores of seven factors, including total scores (153.28±41.98), somatization (1.78±0.42), compulsion (1.96±0.52), depression (1.77±0.67), anxiety (1.82±0.56), hostility (1.68±0.87), panic (1.44±0.75) and psychosis (1.56±0.51) in SCL-90 were remarkerbly higher than those in domestic norm (P<0.05). The standard score in SAS of the family members was positively correlated with the compulsion, anxiety and bigoted factors of SCL-90 in the patients (P<0.05). The depression severity of the family members was negatively correlated with the compulsion and psychosis factors of SCL-90 in the patients (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family members have different degrees of anxiety and depression, which have certain effects on the general psychological status of perioperative patients with lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio thoracic Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
authors.forename: Xianning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mingjiu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Fenglei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059035:Perioperative Period / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult