Influence of life boat club mode of health education on quality of life of patients with breast cancer and their spouses

doi:10.3969/j.issn.10096493.2015.17.008

Abstract：Objective:To probe into the influence of “life boat club”health education on the quality of life of pa-tients with breast cancer and their spouses.Methods:A total of 100 breast cancer patients who underwent modi-fied radical mastectomy and their spouse were randomly divided into intervention group and control group with 50 cases each.Patients in intervention group were involved in the “life boat club”.Cases in control group re-ceived routine nursing care.At 1st month,3rd month,6th month after surgery and before admission of chemo-therapy,their quality of life was measured.Results:After the intervention,quality of life score,physiological sta-tus,functional status scores of breast cancer patients in intervention group were higher than that in control group from the beginning 1 months after operation (P<0.05).The scores of social/family status,emotional sta-tus,additional status were higher than that in control group from 3 months after the operation(P<0.05).The qual-ity of life score and all dimensions scores changed with the score of intervention time.And there was interaction between the way of intervention and intervention time.The physiological health score of spouse was higher than that in control group from the third months after operation(P<0.05).Mental health score was higher than that in control group from the first month after operation(P<0.05).The physiological function of quality of life and mental health score were higher than the control group from the first month after operation(P<0.05).The vitality,so-cial function and emotional function were higher than that in control group from third month after surgery(P<0.05).The physiological function and general health were higher than that in control group from 6 months after operation(P<0.05 ).Two areas and dimensions (except social function)scores with the intervention time change,(in addition to physical pain)showed the interaction between intervention and intervention time.Conclu-sion:“Life boat club”model of health education for breast cancer patients and their families can arouse the psy-chological potential,improve their quality of life,build friendship type of doctor patient interaction.