Anxiety Gynecological Cancer Patients And Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

This study aims to examine anxiety symptoms and the relationships between anxiety and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in gynecological cancer patients, providing guidance to effectively identify anxiety-crowds and cognitive intervention.A total of215gynecologic oncology inpatients and150healthy controls were applied to complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory—State(STAI-S) and (Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERO)).Demographic and clinical data were also collected. Correlation, t-test and multiple regression were used to analysis the data. Results showed that:1, the level of anxiety in patients with gynecological malignancies was significantly higher than patients with benign tumors and healthy people;2, education level and the patient’s anxiety level was negatively correlated; patients who are single or marital misfortune are more likely to produce anxiety; economic conditions and anxiety levels in patients with benign tumors was negatively correlated; patients with gynecological malignancies taken care of by their families show lower levels of anxiety;anxiety levels in patients with gynecological malignancies and the time after diagnosis and surgery are negatively correlated;3, self-blame, rumination and catastrophe, three dimensions of cognitive emotion regulation strategies, are significant positive predictors of anxiety status of patients with gynecologic malignancies, and strategie of reappraisal, correspondingly, predicts a significant negative effect; rumination and catastrophe are two positive significant predictors of anxiety in patients with with benign tumors.