Effect of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and nursing on quality of life and immune function of elderly patients with middle and advanced non-small cell lung cancer
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20200817-04925
- VernacularTitle:中医辨证施护对中晚期非小细胞肺癌老年患者生活质量及免疫功能的影响分析
- Author:
Yafen GAO
1
;
Linghong MAO
;
Aihua JIN
Author Information
1. 浙江省台州医院血液肿瘤内科 317000
- Keywords:
Aged;
Quality of life;
Syndrome differentiation and nursing;
Middle and advanced non-small cell lung cancer;
Immune function
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2021;27(12):1637-1641
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation and nursing on quality of life and immune function of elderly patients with middle and advanced non-small cell lung cancer.Methods:A total of 95 elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer who were admitted to Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province from March to April 2019 were selected by convenience sampling. Among them, 46 patients admitted from March to September 2018 were selected as the control group and 49 patients admitted from October 2018 to April 2019 were selected as the observation group. Patients in the control group were given routine nursing, while patients in the observation group were given TCM syndrome differentiation and nursing on the basis of control group. The the MOS Item Short from Health Survey (SF-36) score, T lymphocyte subsets and nursing satisfaction of patients before and after intervention were compared between the two groups.Results:After the intervention, SF-36 scores of patients of the two groups were lower than those before the intervention ( P<0.05) , and the SF-36 scores of the observation group after the intervention were significantly higher than those of the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . After the intervention, levels of CD3 +, CD4 + and CD4 +/CD8 + in the two groups were lower than before the intervention ( P<0.05) , and the levels of CD3 +, CD4 + and CD4 +/CD8 + in the observation group after intervention were higher than those in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . The nursing satisfaction of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group, the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:TCM syndrome differentiation and nursing is helpful to protect the quality of life and immune function of elderly patients with middle and advanced non-small cell lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy and improve nursing satisfaction of patients, which is worthy of clinical promotion.
