TTLV: Stress response in leukemia patients with disease

Thesis information "Stress response in leukemia patients with disease" by HVCH Trieu Thi Bien, major in Psychology.1. Full name of student: Trieu Thi Bien 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: November 18, 1987 4. Place of birth: Ban Ngoai, Dai Tu, Thai Nguyen 5. Decision to recognize student No: 1528/2009/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated October 14, 2009 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: Stress response in leukemia patients with disease 8. Major: Psychology; Code: 60 31 80 9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Sinh Phuc, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital 103. 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: Through the process of theoretical and practical research on the problem of stress in leukemia patients, we have drawn the following conclusions: Regarding the results of theoretical research From the research, analysis, and generalization of related documents, the thesis has proposed a system of concepts for the topic: cancer, leukemia, stress, stress reactions of leukemia patients. The thesis affirms: "Stress is a collection of physiological and psychological reactions of the body when there are excessively strong impacts of factors appearing in the process of human activities". The thesis mainly studies stress in terms of human psychological reactions to the impact of different factors in the process of activities. The thesis argues that leukemia not only causes physical damage but it can also be a huge mental shock to the patient and can cause many negative psychological reactions, of which stress is one of the common psychological reactions. Stress reactions in leukemia patients are physiological and psychological reactions of patients when affected by knowing that they have leukemia and the process of leukemia treatment at the hospital. Stress reactions in patients can also be related to a number of factors such as gender, education level, age, disease stages and treatment time. Regarding the results of practical research, the results of practical research show that: 41.7% of leukemia patients have stress at different levels, mainly at moderate levels (46.7%). Stress reactions in leukemia patients are quite complicated, not just stress but stress is also accompanied by anxiety, depression, and some patients even have stress, anxiety and depression at the same time. In particular, 9.7% of patients have suicidal thoughts, some patients often perform spiritual activities such as fortune telling, worshiping, and exorcism... during the treatment process to stabilize their psychology and pray for a longer life. Stress reactions in leukemia patients are not affected by factors such as gender, age, education level or treatment time, but some specific manifestations of stress reactions in terms of emotions and behaviors are closely related to these factors (emotions: fear, irritability, anger, etc., behaviors: smoking, drinking, spiritual activities such as worship, exorcism, etc.) 11. Practical applicability: A reference document for scientific research on the psychology of cancer patients in general and leukemia in particular. A scientific basis - practical reality contributing to the construction of a professional and comprehensive patient health care service. A scientific basis contributing to the establishment of a psychological support department for patients during the treatment process at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion. A reference document for treating doctors, nurses, caregivers and relatives of patients during the treatment and care of patients. 12. Further research directions: In the future, we will continue to research in the following directions: Expanding research on a larger number of patients, patients with different types of cancer treated at different hospitals (K Hospital, Bach Mai Hospital, ...), with comparisons between different types of cancer, patients at different hospitals. Expanding research on many other psychological reactions of cancer patients such as: emotional disorders, anxiety, depression... Expanding research on the relationship between patients' stress reactions and personality traits. Further research on stress reactions using other tools to move towards research on psychological interventions to reduce stress in leukemia patients. 13. Published works related to the thesis: Current status of optimistic attitude and factors affecting optimistic attitude of leukemia patients in 2009. Survey of stress response characteristics in acute leukemia patients at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in 2012.