위암 신환 환자내비게이션 프로그램의 효과

Purpose: is study was to identify how a navigation program would aect resilience, uncertainty and anxiety in patients with newly diagnosed gastric cancer. Methods: A randomized controlled design was used with 103 participants recruited and randomly allocated in two groups. e experimental group (n=50) received the navigation program, which consisted of information provisions and psychological support, prior to treatment. e control group (n=53) received standard care with general educational intervention only prior to treatment. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows. Results: Compared with the control group, patients in the navigation program group showed signicant reduction in scores for anxiety (F=5.86, p<.017). However uncertainty (F=0.22, p=.642) and resilience (F=1.06, p=.503) were not signicantly dierent. Conclusion: ese results suggest that the navigation program has positive eects on anxiety in patients with newly diagnosed gastric cancer. We suggest that further studies be conducted to investigate other strategies for increasing the resilience and reducing the uncertainty of these patients.