Journal of International Psychiatry

【Abstract】Objective To analyze the correlation between preoperative negative emotion and postoperative psychological stress and pain degree in patients with breast cancer..Method Clinical data of 90 patients with breast cancer treated in our hospital from October 2021 to October 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Baseline data, self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) scores were collected, and postoperative symptom Self-rating Scale (SCL-90) and visual analog pain scale (VAS) of patients with different demographic characteristics were compared. Spearman correlation coefficient was used to analyze the relationship between anxiety and depression before surgery and psychological stress and pain degree after surgery.Result The level of psychological stress and pain in patients with depression and anxiety before axillary lymph node dissection were significantly higher (P < 0.05). Correlation analysis showed that preoperative SAS and SDS were positively correlated with postoperative SCL-90 and VAS scores in breast cancer patients (P < 0.05).Conclusion Postoperative psychological stress and pain are positively correlated with preoperative anxiety and depression. In clinical treatment, close attention should be paid to the psychological state of patients and timely psychological intervention measures should be given to reduce the psychological stress and pain of patients after surgery.

【Key words】Breast cancer; Anxiety; Depression; Psychological stress; Pain level