Effect of comfort nursing on patients’ anxiety after video-assisted thoracoscope surgery
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.10.014
- VernacularTitle:舒适护理对胸外科电视胸腔镜术后患者焦虑程度的影响
- Author:
Yanxia JIN
1
;
Aifeng FU
;
Danqiong CHEN
;
Juhui LIU
;
Chunhua NONG
Author Information
1. 437400 湖北省咸宁市通城县人民医院胸外科
- Keywords:
Thoracic surgery;
Comfort nursing;
Anxiety;
Video-assisted thoracoscope surgery
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(10):1160-1162
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of comfort care on patients ’ anxiety after video-assisted thoracoscope surgery ( VATS) .Methods 148 patients were randomly divided into the control group ( n=75 ) and the observation group ( n=73 ) .The control group performed routine nursing care , while the observation group performed special comfort care .Patients ’ anxiety on 1 day before operation and 7 days after operation were compared between groups .Results Patients’ mean score of anxiety on 1 day before operation was (55.58 ± 12.33).There was no significant difference between groups (χ2 =0.7, P>0.05).For the patients in the observation group, 16.44%had no anxiety, 61.64%had a mild anxiety, 17.81%had a moderate anxiety, and 4.11%had a severe anxiety 7 days after operation.For the patients in the control group , 13.33% had no anxiety, 13.33%had a mild anxiety, 70.67%had a moderate anxiety, and 2.67%had a severe anxiety 7 days after operation.The difference was significant (χ2 =46.88, P <0.05).Conclusions The comfort care intervention can improve the nurse-patient communication and can reduce the degree of anxiety . It also contributes to promoting the postoperative rehabilitation of patients and improving the quality of nursing care .
