PC 13. Emotional management with postoperative incontinence of prostate cancer patients

Background: Emotion Management is defined as means to recognize their own emotions and the emotions of others by studying individuals and groups, coordination, guidance, interaction and control, to fully tap and nurture the emotional quotient of the individuals and groups to develop the ability to control emotions, to ensure that individuals and groups to maintain a good moodstate, and thus good management. Postoperative incontinence caused by radical prostatectomy is more common complication in the clinical, we are often concerned about the objective reasons, but the patient’s own subjective reasons we often ignore.

Objective: To investigate the effect of Emotional Management with Postoperative Incontinence of Prostate Cancer Patients.

Patients and Methods: We give Questionnaire to 79 patients after about a week of radical prostatectomy from May 2010 to May 2011, The questionnaire is based on the ICI-Q-SF, I-QOL, emotional status scale (POMS), we have designed a 22 item questionnaire.

Results: Survey showed that there is no significant correlation (P>0.05) between age, operative time, surgical history, history of, coronary heart disease, history of diabetes, family history, educational background and other factors and postoperative urinary incontinence. However, In the emotional subscale, there is significant difference between the following questionnaire and postoperative incontinence: (I) worrying about whether there is incontinence after discharge. (II) confusion-confused caused by how to care. (III) tension-anxiety generated by Agnostic symptoms in the nursing progress. IV) depression-depressed about how to return to social life. (V) anger-hostility because of lack of guidance from medical staff care. (VI) tire-inert for not willing to nurse by theirselves.

Conclusions: Emotional management plays a certain role in improving postoperative incontinence of prostate cancer patients.