Research Article
Post-traumatic growth of spouses of 230 patients with gynecological malignancies and its influencing factors
Gaijing Wang 1, 2,*, Yanlin Heng1，Yanling Li2,*,✉
1School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China. 2Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, China
* These authors contributed equally. ✉ Correspondence Yanling Li, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071000, China. Email: [email protected]. Tel: 86-13633222248. Received: April 16, 2020; Accepted: August 21, 2020; Published online: November 21, 2020. Cite this paper: Wang, GJ, Heng, YL, Li and YL. (2020) Post-traumatic growth of spouses of 230 patients with gynecological malignancies and its influencing factors. Global Journal of Medicine, 02(02):34-45. https://naturescholars.com/gjm.010106. https://doi.org/10.46633/gjm.010106. Copyright © 2020 by Scholars Publishing, LLC.
Abstract
Objective To investigate the level of post-traumatic growth in spouses of patients with gynecological malignancies and to explore the influencing factors of post-traumatic growth. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted by questionnaire and convenience sampling. Among the spouses of patients with gynecological malignant tumors in the inpatient departments of two hospitals in Hebei Province, the respondents who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected for the questionnaire survey. The data results were statistically analyzed by SPSS 19.0 software. Results The level of post-traumatic growth of spouses of patients with gynecological malignant tumors was (62.96 ± 21.39). Multiple stepwise linear regression analysis showed that the related factors affecting the level of post-traumatic growth of spouses of patients with gynecological malignant tumors were purposeful rumination, general self-efficacy, invasive rumination, and spouse education level, which explained a total of 59.5% of the variation in the sample, of which F = 85.128, P > 0.05. Conclusion The level of post-traumatic growth of their spouses during hospitalization of patients with gynecological malignancies is at a moderate level. The significant influencing factors of post-traumatic growth of patients’ spouses were purposeful rumination contemplation, general self-efficacy, intrusive rumination contemplation, and spouse education level.
Keywords: Gynecological Malignancy; Patient Spouse; Post-Traumatic Growth; Ruminative Contemplation; General Self-Efficacy.