A Traditional Chinese Medicine continuous nursing program for patients with gastrointestinal cancer in the nursing consorti-um:development and practical effect
LU Yun
JIN Yi
FU Yongyan
WEI Juan
GONG Cuiqin
ZHANG Yuqin
Abstract：Objective To develop a Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)continuous nursing program for patients with gastrointestinal cancer in the nursing consortium,and to assess its practical effect.Methods Guided by the Ottawa Decision Support Framework and a litera-ture review,we developed a TCM continuous nursing program for patients with gastrointestinal cancer in the nursing consortium,and deter-mined its final version after revising it in accordance with the results of two rounds of expert consultation and a pre-test in five patients.Then from March 2021 to August 2022,we tested the effect of the program in patients with gastrointestinal cancer(experimental group)in a grade A tertiary TCM hospital,whose pre-and post-intervention quality of life,self-care compliance and community service utilization rate were e-valuated and compared with those of the control group.Results Compared with the control group,after intervention,the observation group had significantly improved scores of quality of life(Finteraction=1.183,P＜0.05),role-physical(Finteraction=10.358,P＜0.01),and role-emo-tional(Finteraction=6.171,P＜0.01),and much higher rates of utilizing appropriate TCM techniques(x2 = 13.495,P＜0.001),eating a healthier diet(x2=4.566,P=0.033),reasonably exercising(x2=9.078,P=0.003),listening to the music of five elements classified by rel-evant TCM theory(x2=19.858,P＜0.001),and utilizing community services(x2=66.706,P＜0.001).Conclusion The program has proven to be scientific,safe and feasible,and can improve the utilization rate of community services,quality of life and self-care compliance in gastro-intestinal cancer patients.
Keywords：nursing consortiumgastrointestinal cancercontinuing careTraditional Chinese Medicinecommunity nursing
Publication Date：2023-08-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 597-602 )