Patients with malignant tumors are highly susceptible to adverse emotions and psychological disorders, which can affect their recurrence and prognosis. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that emotional illness is one of the causes of tumors and psychological rehabilitation is a key aspect that needs to be concerned in clinical work. This study compares the effects of conventional psychological intervention and traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive rehabilitation (Baduanjin, aromatherapy) combined with conventional psychological intervention on the emotions, sleep, mental health, and tumor immune function of patients with malignant tumors before and after hospitalization. The indicators include Montgomery depression scale (MADRS), self rating anxiety scale (SAS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), perceived social support scale (PSSS) score, peripheral blood CD4+, CD8+, CD4+CD25+T lymphocyte count, tumor necrosis factor- α（TNF- α）and interferon- γ（IFN- γ）level. The results show that the decreases in MADRS and CD4+CD25+T cell count at discharge in the comprehensive rehabilitation group are greater than thost in the control group, while the increases in SAS and PSQI are lower than those in the control group. The increase in PSSS is significantly greater than that in the control group, and the degree of reduction peripheral blood TNF- α is smaller than that of the control group. It is concluded that the comprehensive rehabilitation strategy of traditional Chinese medicine is beneficial for improving depression, anxiety, sleep quality, social support perception ability, and anti-tumor immune function in patients with malignant tumors.

psychological rehabilitation  /  comprehensive rehabilitation of traditional Chinese medicine  /  Eight Section Brocade  /  aromatherapy  /  adverse emotions  /  sleep quality  /  antitumor immune function