Effects of high-quality nursing intervention on negative emotions, postoperative complications and gastrointestinal function in patients with gastric cancer surgery

• Published in: American journal of translational research Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 1652 - 1662
• Main Authors: Hu, Jie, Wang, Lu-Lu, Li, Ya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States e-Century Publishing Corporation 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Original; gastrointestinal function; postoperative complications; gastric cancer surgery; postoperative pain; High-quality nursing; negative emotions
• ISSN: 1943-8141; 1943-8141

To evaluate the effects of high-quality nursing intervention on negative emotions, postoperative complications and gastrointestinal function of patients underwent gastric cancer (GC) surgery. From November 2017 to February 2019, a total of 164 GC patients who underwent operative treatment in our hospital were selected as the research subjects. Thereinto, 86 patients were given high-quality nursing intervention (research group, RG), and the other 78 received routine nursing intervention (control group, CG). The hospitalization time, expenses and the incidence of postoperative complications were compared between the two groups. After operation, the gastrointestinal function, negative emotions, postoperative pain, quality of life, nursing satisfaction, and ESCA and PSQI scores were compared between the two groups. The hospitalization time was significantly shorter and expenses were obviously lower in patients of the RG than those in the CG. The incidence of postoperative complications in the RG was obviously lower than that in the CG. The gastrointestinal function indexes (time to anal exhaust, time to defecation, time to start eating, recovery time of bowel sounds, indwelling time of gastric tube, time of getting out of bed) of patients in the RG were obviously better. The SAS, SDS, PSQI scores and VAS scores at 24 h after operation of patients in the RG were obviously lower than those in the CG. The score of quality of life, scores of ESCA and nursing satisfaction of patients in the RG were obviously higher than those in the CG. High-quality nursing intervention can dramatically improve negative emotions, reduce postoperative complications, ameliorate sleep quality, enhance self-care ability, relieve postoperative pain and improve quality of life and nursing satisfaction for patients undergoing GC surgery.