Evaluation of the effect of traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive nursing in patients with rectal cancer chemotherapy / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effect of traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive nursing on psychological state, skin degree and quality of life in patients with rectal cancer.Methods:A total of 88 cases with rectal cancer chemotherapy in Nanyang Nanshi Hospital from August 2017 to August 2020 were as the research object, all patients were divided into two groups with 44 cases in each group by random number table method. The control group received routine nursing, the observation group was given traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive nursing based on the control group. The more satisfaction with the two groups, psychological state before and after nursing, cancer fatigue degree, the quality of life, adverse reaction after chemotherapy were compared between the two groups.Results:The satisfaction score of the observation group was (80.24±9.02) points, which was higher than that of the control group (74.64±9.02) points, there was statistically significant ( t value was 2.912, P<0.05). The probability of adverse reactions was 4.55%(2/44), which was lower than that of the control group (20.45%, 9/44), there was statistically significant ( χ2 value was 5.090, P<0.05). There were no differences in psychological state, cancer fatigue degree and quality of life between the two groups before intervention ( P>0.05). The scores of anxiety, depression, cognitive fatigue, body fatigue, emotional fatigue and behavioral fatigue after intervention were (58.24±3.56), (57.82±3.36), (5.64±1.32), (6.56±0.88), (6.04±0.64), (5.98±1.52) points in the observation group, and (60.12±3.72), (59.27±3.12), (6.28±1.48), (7.24±0.90), (6.48±0.72), (6.78±1.56) points in the control group, there were statistically significant( t values were 2.141-3.583, P<0.05).The quality of life score of the observation group after intervention was (211.68±17.12) points, which was higher than that of the control group (199.08±17.36) points, there was statistically significant( t value was 3.428, P<0.05). Conclusions:Comprehensive nursing of traditional Chinese medicine for patients with rectal cancer chemotherapy can make patients more satisfied with nursing service, relieve negative emotions and cancer fatigue, reduce the occurrence of adverse reactions to chemotherapy, and promote the improvement of patients' quality of life. It is worth popularizing.