A Case of Breast Cancer, who was Administrated Psychological Tests During, Pre and Post Mastectomy Physiotherapy

Abstract

We administrated four kinds of psychological testing to a post radical mastectomy patient who received physiotherapy. The tests were administrated during each phase of the rehabilitation process ; pre-operation, post-operation, pre-discharge and follow up at four months. The tests were : Egogram check list : Egogram, State Trait Anxiety Inventory : STAI, Self-rating Depression Scale : SDS and Cornel Medical Index : CMI. Egogram and STAI demonstrated big and clear changes on each phase. However, changes in SDS and CMI were relatively small. It is possible for medical staff in breast cancer rehabilitation to grasp patient's precise changes of psychological status with the use of simple tests.