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World J Clin Cases. Aug 26, 2024; 12(24): 5483-5491
Published online Aug 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i24.5483
Influence of humanistic care-based operating room nursing on safety, recovery, and satisfaction after radical surgery for colorectal carcinoma
Xian-Pu Wang, Min Niu
Xian-Pu Wang, Min Niu, Operating Room, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei Province, China
Author contributions: Wang XP designed the research study; Wang XP and Niu M performed the research; Wang XP and Niu M analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethic Committee of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Min Niu, BMed, Nurse, Operating Room, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, No. 169 Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan 430071, Hubei Province, China. 13469996125@163.com
Received: April 22, 2024
Revised: June 3, 2024
Accepted: June 26, 2024
Published online: August 26, 2024
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Abstract
BACKGROUND

Radical surgery is a preferred treatment for colorectal carcinoma, wherein nursing intervention is essential for postoperative recovery and prevention of complications. Recently, the application of humanistic care in medical care has attracted attention. Humanistic care emphasizes comprehensive care, with importance attached to patients’ physical needs as well as psychological and emotional support to provide more humane and personalized care services. However, no clinical reports have examined the use of humanistic care in patients undergoing radical surgery for colorectal carcinoma.

AIM

To investigate the influence of humanistic care-based operating room nursing on the safety, postoperative recovery, and nursing satisfaction of patients who have undergone radical surgery for colorectal carcinoma.

METHODS

In total, 120 patients with rectal cancer who underwent surgery in Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University between August 2023 and March 2024 were selected and grouped based on the nursing methods employed. Of these patients, 55 were treated with routine nursing intervention (control group) and 65 were provided humanistic care-based operating room nursing (research group). The patients’ vital signs were recorded, including systolic/diastolic blood pressure (SBP/DBP) and heart beats per minute (BPM), as well as serum stress indices, including norepinephrine (NE), adrenal hormone (AD), and cortisol (Cor). Postoperative recovery and complications were also recorded. Patients’ negative emotions, life hope, and nursing satisfaction were evaluated using the Self-rating Depression/Anxiety Scale (SDS/SAS), Herth Hope Index (HHI), and self-developed nursing satisfaction questionnaire, respectively.

RESULTS

During emergence from anesthesia, SBP, DBP, and BPM levels were found to be lower in the research group than those in the control group, also serum Cor, AD, and NE levels were lower. In addition, the research group had shorter operative, awakening, anal exhaust, first postoperative ambulation, drainage tube removal, intestinal recovery, and hospital times. The total complication rate and the SDS and SAS scores were lower in the research group than those in the control group. The HHI and nursing satisfaction scores were higher in the research group.

CONCLUSION

Humanistic care-based operating room nursing can mitigate physiological stress responses, reduce postoperative complications, promote postoperative recovery, relieve adverse psychological emotions, and enhance life hope and nursing satisfaction in patients undergoing radical surgery for colorectal carcinoma, which can be popularized in clinical practice.

Keywords: Humanistic care; Nursing; Radical surgery for rectal carcinoma; Stress response

Core Tip: Currently, no clinical studies have reported the application of humanistic care-based operating room nursing in patients who underwent radical surgery for colorectal carcinoma. This study explored the impact of humanistic care-based operating room nursing on the physiological stress, postoperative recovery, and nursing satisfaction of such patients. The results revealed that humanistic care-based operating room nursing can significantly relieve patients’ physiological stress responses, reduce postoperative complications, promote postoperative recovery, alleviate negative psychological emotions, and increase life hope and nursing satisfaction. This indicated promising clinical promotion value of this nursing model.