Continuous nursing for postoperative quality of life in gastric cancer: A randomized trial
Abstract
Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most common malignant tumor in the world in terms of incidence rate and the second most common malignant tumor in terms of mortality. The postoperative condition of patients with GC metastasis is still poor. How to effectively improve the quality of life (QoL) of postoperative patients has gradually become the key target to current treatment. This study aimed to explore the impact of continuous nursing care on the QoL of GC lung metastasis patients, to better implement treatment for GC patients and improve their QoL. Methods: 102 patients with GC lung metastasis in the First Hospital of China Medical University were randomly divided into control group and observation group. The control group was given routine nursing, and the observation group was given continuous nursing care. The anxiety, depression and QoL scores of patients: physical function, role function, emotional function, cognitive function, and social function, were observed at the time of discharge, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year after discharge. Results: The improvement of anxiety and depression in the observation group was significantly better than that in the control group (both P < 0.005). The 5 variables of QoL in the observation group and control group after discharge were higher than those at discharge (all P < 0.005), and the scores of 5 variables in the observation group were significantly better than those in the control group (all P < 0.005). Conclusion: Through the implementation of continuous nursing care for patients with GC lung metastasis, it can effectively reduce and eliminate the negative psychological state of patients, significantly improve the QoL of patients, improve the rehabilitation effect of patients, and has high application value.
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