The real experience of patients with multiple myeloma during treatment: a qualitative study / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the real experience during treatment of patients with multiple myeloma, so as to provide evidences for clinical nursing staff to implement targeted nursing measures and to carry out research on nursing staff of high evidence level. Methods Using phenomenological methods, nine cases of patients with multiple myeloma conducted semi-structured and in-depth interviews and then using Colaizzi 7-step for analysis. Results Three major topics were extracted: poor physiological experience (feeling abnormal, numbness, pain, urinary incontinence), positive response (family support, Increased medical standards, self-regulation), self-perceived burden (economic stress, short cycle of relapse, psychological burden). Conclusion Treatment of multiple myeloma have many adverse reactions, and patients bear too much psychological burden. Medical staff need to be evaluated in a timely manner, strengthen symptom management, provide comprehensive information support, analysis of patient self-perception burden causes, propose targeted interventions, and build continuation care system to improve patient treatment experience.