ABSTRACT
Objective To understand the content of discharge guidance for lung cancer patients ,and to provide evidence for improving the quality of lung cancer .Methods Using convenient sampling method ,a sample of 212 patients with lung cancer in the Department of Thoracic Oncology ,a third‐class hospital in Sichuan province was surveyed by general data questionnaire and dis‐charge guidance quality questionnaire .Results The total discharge guidance quality was (195 .93 ± 39 .98) points and was at a high level .The score of discharge guidance requirement(48 .69 ± 11 .51) was higher than that of discharge instruction (47 .35 ± 11 .34) , the difference was statistically significant(P<0 .05) .There was significant difference in the scores of different age ,educational lev‐el ,living style and the patients with central venous catheter (PICC/CVC) ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) . Conclusion Patients with lung cancer were discharged from the hospital with a higher level of guidance ,and the content of dis‐charge guidance from patients with lung cancer was far from meeting the requirements .It should be based on the age ,education and living style of patients with lung cancer ,especially for strengthening the guidance of discharged patients with PICC/CVC ,improving the quality of discharge guidance and promoting the rehabilitation of lung cancer patients .