A cross-sectional study of psychological burden in Chinese patients with pulmonary nodules: Prevalence and impact on the management of nodules.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uncertainty after the detection of pulmonary nodules (PNs) can cause psychological burden. We designed this study to quantitatively evaluate the prevalence, severity and possible impact of this burden on the preference of patients for management of nodules.

Methods

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to evaluate psychological burden in patients. An independent t-test and a Mann-Whitney U test were used to determine the significance of differences between groups in continuous variables. A chi-square test was used to determine the significance of difference between groups in categorical variables.

Results

A total of 334 inpatients diagnosed with PNs were included in the study. A total of 17.96% of the participates screened positive for a

SUBMITTER: Xiao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8636209 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature