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Objective To analyze the telephone follow-up response rate and related factors in lung cancer patients thus to explore the countermeasures to increase the telephone response rate.Methods One thousand six hundred and eight post-surgery lung cancer patients were followed up by telephone interview,calculate response rates and analyze the impact factors on response rates of surgical patients. Results The lung cancer patients' overall response rate of one thousand six hundred and eight cases was 83.1%.Reservation phone type, phone number,family history of cancer are major factors affecting lung cancer patients' telephone followed up response rate(P<0.05). Conclusions Telephone follow-up of patients with lung cancer response rates is at a low level.To improve tumor response rates of follow-up and follow-up quality is a long and arduous task,requiring medical personnel continue to learn professional knowledge,summing up a reasonable follow-up methods,but also needing patients and their families to understand and cooperate.
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Objective To explore the coping strategies of patients with superficial bladder carcinoma and analyze the influential factors.Method The medical coping modes questionnaire(MCMQ)was used to do the investigation among 146 patients with superficial bladder carcinoma.Results Among the coping strategies,the scores on the factors of facing,avoidance and yielding were 2.42±0.45,2.00±0.45 and 1.52±0.50,respectively.The operative method,education level,sex and stages of chemotherapy were the main factors influencing the coping strategies.Conclusions For the postoperative patients with superficial bladder carcinoma, the coping strategies were influenced by different factors.Therefore,nursing staff should attach their highlights on patients' coping strategies and instruct the patients with active coping strategies based on the their traits.