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World J Psychiatry. Sep 19, 2023; 13(9): 645-653
Published online Sep 19, 2023. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v13.i9.645
Application of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint needle embedding combined with emotional nursing in patients with gynecological malignant tumors
Zhen Ren, Wen Cui, Ya-Ping Li
Zhen Ren, First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang Province, China
Wen Cui, Department of Rehabilitation and Health Care, Jinan Vocational College of Nursing, Jinan 250102, Shandong Province, China
Ya-Ping Li, School of Nursing, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China
Author contributions: Ren Z initiated the project and designed the experiment; Cui W conducted clinical data collection; Li YP performed postoperative follow-up and recorded data; Ren Z conducted a number of collation and statistical analysis; Cui W wrote the original manuscript; Li YP revised the paper; all authors reviewed and approved the paper, and read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine (Approval No. HZYLLKY202000902).
Informed consent statement: The Ethics Committee agreed to waive the informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Data sharing statement: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.
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Corresponding author: Ya-Ping Li, MM, Doctor, School of Nursing, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 4655 Da-Xue Road, Changqing District, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China. shuangyuzuo_1980@163.com
Received: June 14, 2023
Peer-review started: June 14, 2023
First decision: July 3, 2023
Revised: July 25, 2023
Accepted: July 31, 2023
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Published online: September 19, 2023
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background

The number of patients diagnosed with gynecological malignant tumors and the number of deaths from such diseases are increasing year by year. At the same time, it has obvious characteristics such as low age and high malignancy, which seriously affects the physical and social mental health of contemporary women. Nausea and vomiting are common adverse reactions after chemotherapy. Therefore, preventing and improving chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting has become a hot topic in clinical research. In the past, 5-HT3 receptor antagonists, NK-1 receptor blockers and other drugs were used to prevent nausea and vomiting, but long-term use was prone to adverse reactions. The use of traditional Chinese medicine nursing measures has the advantages of simple operation and good safety.

Research motivation

To observe the application value of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint needle embedding combined with emotional nursing in improving the adverse reactions of gynecological malignant tumor chemotherapy, which can effectively reduce the incidence of nausea and vomiting and cancer-related fatigue (CRF) caused by chemotherapy, improve the treatment confidence and improve the prognosis of patients.

Research objectives

By observing the effect of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint needle embedding combined with emotional nursing on chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, CRF and psychological state in patients with gynecological malignant tumors, it is helpful to reduce the incidence of chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in patients with gynecological malignant tumors, improve the quality of life and the degree of CRF, alleviate the bad psychological state, adopt a positive and positive way to face the disease and treatment, and improve the quality of sleep and quality of life.

Research methods

By observing the effect of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint needle embedding combined with emotional nursing on chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, CRF and psychological state in patients with gynecological malignant tumors, it is helpful to reduce the incidence of chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in patients with gynecological malignant tumors, improve the quality of life and the degree of CRF, alleviate the bad psychological state, adopt a positive and positive way to face the disease and treatment, and improve the quality of sleep and quality of life.

Research results

By observing the application value of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint needle embedding combined with emotional nursing in patients with gynecological malignant tumors, it was found that acupoint needle embedding combined with emotional nursing had significant effects on reducing the incidence of adverse reactions to chemotherapy, improving CRF and quality of life of patients. The effect of this program on the long-term prognosis of patients with gynecological tumors still needs to be further verified.

Research conclusions

Traditional Chinese medicine nursing program is of great significance to reduce the incidence of adverse reactions of chemotherapy in patients with gynecological malignant tumors and improve their quality of life.

Research perspectives

In the future, it is necessary to further observe the effect of traditional Chinese medicine nursing technology on improving the long-term prognosis of patients with gynecological malignant tumors.