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Research Progress on Psychological Distress in Patients with Cervical Cancer

Author(s)

Keying Chen

Affiliation(s)

School of Nursing, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Abstract

This article aims to systematically review the conceptual connotation, influencing factors, and intervention measures of psychological distress in cervical cancer patients, so as to provide a theoretical basis for developing targeted evaluation tools and optimizing nursing practice. Through the integration of domestic and foreign empirical research, three core conclusions are revealed: (1) Psychological distress is characterized by high incidence and multiple factors, and its severity is significantly positively correlated with postoperative complications (urinary retention, irreversible lymphedema) and sexual dysfunction (reduced sexual desire, vaginal dryness, etc.). Sexual functional impairment directly reduces subjective happiness, and low income and insufficient spouse support pose a key social risk;(2) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Music Therapy, and Therapeutic Communication have been proven to effectively relieve negative emotions and self-burden;(3) The current study has bottlenecks such as limitations on the universality of the scale, insufficient mechanism exploration, and fragmentation of intervention. Based on this, an innovative path is proposed: building a dynamic evaluation system integrating AI technology, exploring the gene-psychological interaction mechanism, creating a "hospital-community-family" three-level linkage model, and strengthening the communication ability of medical staff through narrative medical training, and ultimately forming a biological-psychological-social integrated intervention system to improve the quality of patients' survival.

Keywords

Cervical Cancer; Psychological Distress; Influencing Factors; Nursing Interventions; Quality of Survival

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