Empathetic nursing with mindful cognitive therapy for fatigue, depression, and negative emotions in leukemia patients undergoing long-term chemotherapy

Table 1 Comparison of Piper Fatigue Scale scores of the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Groups	Time	Behavior	Cognition	Emotion	Feelings	Total PFS scores
Observation group (n = 52)	Before intervention	5.15 ± 1.49	4.09 ± 1.38	5.37 ± 1.48	4.19 ± 1.35	18.80 ± 2.74
	After intervention	2.60 ± 0.821	2.44 ± 1.011	3.46 ± 1.131	2.25 ± 0.771	18.55 ± 2.851
Control group (n = 51)	Before intervention	5.06 ± 1.42	4.03 ± 1.24	5.34 ± 1.41	4.12 ± 1.38	10.75 ± 1.76
	After intervention	4.63 ± 1.371	3.78 ± 1.131	4.47 ± 1.261	3.03 ± 0.951	15.92 ± 2.451
Tafter intervention	-	9.190	6.348	4.285	4.582	12.304
Pafter intervention	-	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

¹Group comparison before treatment.

PFS: Piper Fatigue Scale.

Table 2 Comparison of Herth hope Index scores of the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Groups	Time	Maintain close contact with others	Take positive attitude	Attitudes toward reality and the future	Total HHI scores
Observation group (n = 52)	Before intervention	9.14 ± 2.28	9.53 ± 2.72	10.93 ± 2.43	29.61 ± 4.57
	After intervention	14.06 ± 1.781	14.28 ± 1.891	14.52 ± 1.761	42.86 ± 3.521
Control group (n = 51)	Before intervention	9.33 ± 2.64	9.48 ± 2.66	10.85 ± 3.16	29.69 ± 5.24
	After intervention	10.67 ± 1.691	11.08 ± 1.461	12.03 ± 1.391	33.78 ± 2.581
Tafter intervention	-	9.909	9.603	7.958	14.894
Pafter intervention	-	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

¹Group comparison before treatment.

HHI: Herth hope Index.

Table 3 Comparison of Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Hamilton Depression Scale scores of the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Groups	Time	HAMA	HAMD
Observation group (n = 52)	Before intervention	20.22 ± 2.55	22.07 ± 4.57
	After intervention	9.11 ± 3.121	9.98 ± 3.211
Control group (n = 51)	Before intervention	20.06 ± 3.12	22.25 ± 4.22
	After intervention	13.97 ± 3.321	16.88 ± 3.551
Tafter intervention	-	7.657	10.351
Pafter intervention	-	< 0.001	< 0.001

¹Group comparison before treatment.

HAMA: Hamilton Anxiety Scale; HAMD: Hamilton Depression Scale.

Table 4 Comparison of Chinese Strategies Used by People to Promote Health scores between the two groups (mean ± SD, points)

Groups	Time	Positive attitude	Self-determination	Self-relief
Observation group (n = 52)	Before intervention	39.48 ± 9.19	8.33 ± 2.35	29.57 ± 6.71
	After intervention	52.87 ± 7.721	11.29 ± 2.491	35.46 ± 6.421
Control group (n = 51)	Before intervention	40.40 ± 9.54	7.82 ± 1.83	28.78 ± 5.92
	After intervention	47.80 ± 9.181	9.04 ± 2.651	31.42 ± 5.981
Tafter intervention	-	3.036	4.442	3.303
Pafter intervention	-	0.003	< 0.001	0.001

¹Group comparison before treatment.

C-SUPPH: Chinese Strategies Used by People to Promote Health.