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Objective@#To explore the prediction of weight loss to the function 1 month after surgery in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients with surgical treatment.@*Methods@#During August to November 2017, 122 HNC patients from a tertiary hospital in Chengdu were included and investigated by the General Information Questionnaire and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30.@*Results@#1 month after surgery, the function scores of HNC patients ranged from 86.67(73.33, 93.33) to 100.00(100.00, 100.00), and the physical function score was the lowest. Patients with weight loss during hospitalization had lower score in physical, role and social function (P<0.05). According to the results of Logistic regression analysis, age (OR=6.262, P<0.05) and Weight loss during hospitalization (OR=4.363, P<0.05) were risk factors for the physical function of HNC patients 1 month after surgery. For social function 1 month after surgery, weight loss during hospitalization (OR=3.306, P<0.05) was the risk factor.@*Conclusions@#Weight loss during hospitalization in HNC patients with surgical treatment can predict the impairment of function 1 month after surgery. Healthcare providers should pay more attention to perioperative nutritional problems of HNC patients, especially the elder patients, and take effective interventions to control the weight during hospitalization to improve patients′ function and quality of life.
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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of precision nursing and its implications for education,practice and research.The emphases are on the contributions of nursing practice and research to genomics as well as precision health and precision medicine.Recommendations are elucidated on how to build knowledge and competence of precision nursing within the broad arena of precision health and precision medicine to promote the development of precision nursing.