Journal of International Psychiatry

[Abstract] Objective: To study and analyze the influence of preoperative motivational interview on the uncertainty and resilience of lung cancer patients. Methods: from March 2019 to March 2020, 633 patients with selective lung cancer surgery received by our hospital were divided into two groups according to the principle of double blind randomized control. The routine group (n = 317) received routine visit before operation and the study group (n = 316) received motivational visit before operation. The scores of disease uncertainty and psychological resilience before and after the visit were compared between the two groups. Results: before the visit, there was no difference in the scores of disease uncertainty and psychological resilience between the study group and the routine group (P > 0.05); after the visit, the scores of disease uncertainty in the study group were lower than that in the routine group, and the scores of psychological resilience were higher than that in the routine group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: motivational interview before the operation can effectively stimulate lung cancer patients, deepen their understanding of the disease, reduce the uncertainty of the disease, and improve their psychological tolerance.

[Key words] preoperative motivational interview; lung cancer; disease uncertainty; psychological resilience