Application of palliative care led by oncology professional nurses in the elderly patients with late tumor

VernacularTitle:肿瘤专科护士主导的姑息照顾在院外老年晚期癌症患者中的应用
Author: Min LI ; Hongmei ZHU
Keywords: oncology; professional nursing; palliative care
From: Modern Clinical Nursing 2017;16(7):21-25
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of palliative care led by oncology professional nurses in the elderly patients with late tumor. Methods Ninety patients who were diagnosed with late tumor were randomly divided into control group and intervention group. Routine nursing care was conducted in the control group and in the intervention group, palliative care lead by professional nurses was conducted besides the routine nursing care for 8 weeks. The two groups were compared in view of life, symptom distress, and self-efficacy intervention effect. Result The quality of life and self-efficacy were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05) and the symptom distress was significantly lower than that of the control group eight weeks after the intervention (P<0.05). Conclusion The multi-disciplinary intervention led by the oncology professional nurses can improve the quality of life and self-efficacy of the patient and improve the symptoms of the patient.