Published online Feb 26, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i6.1843
Peer-review started: August 18, 2021
First decision: September 29, 2021
Revised: October 4, 2021
Accepted: January 19, 2022
Article in press: January 19, 2022
Published online: February 26, 2022
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Systematic nursing interventions are beneficial in enhancing the self-efficacy and self-care abilities of patients and improving their physical and mental state, thereby alleviating their fatigue and improving their quality of life.
To explore the effects of systematic nursing intervention.
Gastric cancer (GC) surgery causes significant surgical trauma and slow postoperative healing. Systematic nursing interventions were administered to patients with GC during the perioperative period.
This is a randomized controlled study, sample size was based on the multivariable scale. Ten times of the acceptable variable was determined to be 140 patients, and accounting for 20% loss of patients due to follow-up, the sample size was 168 people. Conventional nursing measures were used in the control group, while the systematic nursing intervention Adopted Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS), General Self-Efficacy Scale-Schwarzer (GSES), Self-Care Agency Scale (ESCA), and simple health scale (SF-36) were used in the observation group. The questionnaires were administered on admission and discharge.
The scores in all dimensions (mental health, vitality, physical function, physical pain, social function, emotional function, and overall health level) in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, with statistically significant differences.
Systemic nursing intervention for GC patients during the perioperative period could alleviate cancer-related fatigue, improve self-efficacy and self-nursing ability, and improve quality of life, which all have clinical value.
Systemic nursing intervention for GC patients during the perioperative period are beneficial. More large scale randomized controlled studies are needed.