Observation on the effect of new nasogastric tube fixing adhesive tape on preventing nasal pressure injury / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe the effect of the new fixation tape on the prevention of pressure injury of the transnasal three-chamber feeding tube.Methods:Using the convenient sampling method, 60 inpatients with indwelling triple-lumen feeding tube from May 2019 to August 2021 in Ward 1 of Gastrointestinal Oncology Center of Peking University Cancer Hospital were selected and divided into two groups by block randomization, 30 patients in each group. The patients in the control group used conventional adhesive tape to fix the three chamber feeding tube, and the patients in the test group used new adhesive tape to fix the three-chamber feeding tube; the two groups were compared in terms of nasal pressure injury, pain, nasal friction and sleep.Results:The incidence rate of nasal pressure injury, nasal pain, nasal rubbing and difficulty falling asleep were 70.00%(21/30), 73.33%(20/30), 66.67%(20/30) and 43.33%(13/30) higher in the control group than 16.67%(5/30), 13.33%(4/30), 23.33%(7/30) and 10.00%(3/30) in the test group, and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 values were 8.52-22.45, all P<0.05). Conclusions:The use of the new adhesive tape to fix the three-chamber feeding tube can effectively prevent nasal pressure injury and thus reduce pain, improve the patients′ nasal comfort, improve the difficulty falling asleep caused by the transnasal cannula and facilitate the patients′ postoperative recovery.