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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1533073
This article is part of the Research Topic Psychological Factors as Determinants of Medical Conditions, Volume III View all 6 articles
Effectiveness of OH card-based group mental health education in improving mood and behaviour in breast cancer patients
Provisionally accepted- Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
Purpose Psychological disorders and different coping styles often occur after breast cancer(BC) diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of OH card on psychological status and coping styles of individuals with breast cancer.Methods This was a non-randomised trial in which 54 outpatients or inpatients with BC who were willing to be assessed using psychological scales, allocated to either the OH card intervention group (OHG) or the usual care group (CG).The OHG received 1 session of OH card therapy over 2 hours. Participants completed assessments of anxiety and depressive symptoms and coping styles using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) scales at baseline, month 1, 3 and 6 post-intervention. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, chi-squared test and repeated measures ANOVA.Results The HADS score in the intervention group was lower than that of the control group by 2.296 (p＜0.05) at 1 month post-intervention. The SCSQ-positive coping aspect of usual care group scores showed a downward trend, while the OH card intervention group scores showed an upward trend, with a significant difference between the two groups (p=0.040), and the difference between the two groups was significant at 1, 3 and 6 months after the intervention (all p<0.05 ).Conclusions The results of our study suggest that OH card intervention may improve symptomatology of anxiety and depression among people with BC at month1, and promote positive behaviour within 6 months. The OH card intervention has a potential role in the psychological rehabilitation of individuals with breast cancer and warrants further research.
Keywords: breast cancer, HADS, SCSQ, Anxiety, OH card
Received: 13 Dec 2024; Accepted: 28 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Wang, Hu, Xu, Zhou, Ou and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Meihua Chen, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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