The effect of integrated nursing on the life quality of patients with malignant pleural effusion and ascites receiving thermal therapy and chemotherapy
MA Rui
GUAN Jing
CHEN Suhong
HUANG Dongbin
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of integrated nursing on the life quality of patients with malignant pleural effusion and ascites receiving thermal therapy and chemotherapy.Methods Ninety-two patients with malignant pleural effusion and ascites, admitted to our hospital between November 2015 and May 2016 were selected and randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, each of 46.Both groups were given routing nursing, while the experimental group was additionally provided with integrated nursing.Then both groups were evaluated using the self-evaluation of anxiety scale (SAS) and the quality of life questionnaire-core 30 (QLQ-C30).Patients satisfaction towards nursing was compared between the 2 groups.Results The SAS and QLQ-C30 scores of the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group after the intervention.However, the rate of patients′ satisfaction to nursing of the experimental group was significantly higher than the latter.Conclusion The integrated nursing can relieve the anxiety of patients with malignant pleural effusion and ascites receiving thermal therapy combined with chemotherapy, promote their life quality and their satisfaction towards nursing.
Keywords：Life qualityChemotherapycancersplanchnocoele perfusionPleural effusion and ascitesmalignantThermal therapyNursing
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 234-237 )