Influence of holistic nursing on psychological conditions and complications of elderly patients after thoracic surgery

VernacularTitle:整体护理对老年胸部手术患者心理状况和并发症的影响
Author: Weizhen HUANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Holistic nursing; Elderly patients; Psychological conditions; Complications
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(11):30-31
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate influence of holistic nursing on psychological conditions and complications of elderly patients after thoracic surgery. Methods 98 old patients (over 70 years old) un-dergoing thoracic surgery were divided in to the intervention group and the control group with 49 cases in each group. Routine nursing and holisfic nursing were given to the two groups. Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self- rating depression scale(SDS) were adopted to evaluated psychological status of all patients and complications were also measured. Results SAS and SDS score of the intervention group greatly de-creased 14 days after operation,comphcations such as incision infection, pulmonary infection, mild hypother mia and times of cough were also lower than that of the control group. Conclusions Holistic nursing care has pivotal significance on reducing psychological barrier, post-operative complications and ira-provement of quality of life in elderly patients after thoracic surgery.