Objective To understand the psychological experience of tumor radiotherapy patients after participating in acceptance and commitment therapy(ACT),and to provide reference and supplement for the development of ACT psychological intervention plans for tumor radiotherapy patients.Methods This study was a qualitative study.Using the purposive sampling method,a total of 17 tumor radiotherapy patients treated at Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center from January to March 2023 were selected as the research objects.Phenomenological research method was used to conduct semi-structured in-depth interviews with patients,and the interview data were analyzed by Colaizzi 7-step analysis method.Results Three themes were extracted,namely,positive physical and mental experience(including improving physical symptoms,relieving negative emotions and cooperating with particle therapy),gaining personal growth(including learning flexible and varied psychological coping strategies,gaining mutual help and friendship,feeling valuable family affection and drawing a better future life)and recommendations for optimizing the ACT intervention program(including building teams according to the patients'conditions,increasing the frequency of activities,trying to experience relief exercises outdoors and increasing the continuity of the intervention program).Conclusions ACT can help cancer radiotherapy patients improve their physical and mental health,cope with psychological problems,so that patients can face the disease,treatment and life more positively.
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肿瘤/放疗/接纳承诺疗法/心理体验/质性研究
Key words
Neoplasms/Radiotherapy/Acceptance and commitment therapy/Psychological experience/Qualitative study
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