The effect of comforted light sedation strategy nursing mode in early rehabilitation exercise for critically ill patients after gastrointestinal surgery
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20240517-01259
- VernacularTitle:舒适化浅镇静策略护理模式在消化道术后重症患者早期康复锻炼中的应用效果
- Author:
Xuemei LIU
1
;
Shuyang CHEN
;
Jiaqu MA
Author Information
1. 汕头市中心医院重症医学科二区，汕头 515031
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sedation strategy;
Intensive care unit;
Gastrointestinal surgery;
Sedation;
Analgesia
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2025;41(8):608-614
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the application effect of comfort-based light sedation strategy nursing model in early rehabilitation exercises for critically ill patients after gastrointestinal surgery, aiming to provide a reference for the recovery of patients after gastrointestinal surgery.Methods:A randomized controlled trial was conducted using purposive sampling to select 110 critically ill patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery from July 2022 to December 2023 in the Department of Critical Care Medicine of Shantou Central Hospital. Patients were randomly assigned into the control group and the observation group, with 55 cases in each group. The control group received routine sedation care, while the observation group adopted a comfort-based light sedation strategy nursing model. The NRS (Digital Rating Scale for Pain), RASS (Rationalizing Self-Assessment Scale), SAS (Self-Rating Anxiety Scale), analgesic and sedative drug usage, postoperative bowel sounds, flatus, and defecation onset time, ICU length of stay, delirium incidence, postoperative 24-hour MRC muscle strength score, and discharge Modified Barthel Index (MBI) scores were compared between the two groups at 8 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours, and 96 hours postoperatively.Results:During the study, 5 cases dropped out from both the observation and control groups, leaving 50 cases each complete. The control group consisted of 32 males and 18 females, with an average age of (66.94 ± 14.39) years; the observation group consisted of 34 males and 16 females, with an average age of (68.01 ± 14.76) years. At 8, 24, 48, 72, 96 hours postoperatively, the NRS scores for the observation group were (3.11 ± 0.58), (3.14 ± 0.53), (3.09 ± 0.56), (2.97 ± 0.50), and (2.48 ± 0.45), respectively, were all lower than those of the control group (3.55 ± 0.61), (3.46 ± 0.59), (3.42 ± 0.62), (3.38 ± 0.54), (2.87 ± 0.53), with statistically significant differences ( t values were 2.80 - 3.97, all P<0.05). The RASS scores at postoperative 8, 24, 48, 72, 96 hours were (- 1.42 ± 0.43), (- 1.41 ± 0.42), (- 1.39 ± 0.44), (- 1.36 ± 0.41), (- 1.32 ± 0.40) respectively, compared to the control group (- 1.85 ± 0.47), (- 1.78 ± 0.44), (- 1.81 ± 0.50), (- 1.80 ± 0.48), (- 1.68 ± 0.45), with statistically significant differences ( t values were 4.23 - 4.93, all P<0.05). The SAS scores at postoperative 48, 72, 96 hours were (49.68 ± 4.55), (48.69 ± 4.41), (46.71 ± 4.33) respectively, compared to the control group (53.75 ± 4.76), (53.13 ± 4.69), (52.84 ± 4.51), with statistically significant differences ( t = 4.37, 4.89, 6.93, all P<0.05); the propofol dosage in the observation group (3 228.52 ± 587.78) mg and the dexmedetomidine dosage (1 205.58 ± 311.46) μg were all lower than those of the control group (4 056.77 ± 638.04) mg and (1 650.77 ± 432.69) μg, with statistically significant differences ( t = 6.75, 5.92, both P<0.05). The start time of bowel sounds in the observation group was (18.63 ± 5.96) hours, the start time of flatus was (1.42 ± 0.57) days, and the start time of defecation was (2.02 ± 1.25) days. The ICU hospitalization duration of the observation group (5.54 ± 1.51) days was shorter than that of the control group (7.36 ± 1.89) days, with differences being statistically significant ( t values were 2.71 - 5.32, all P<0.05). The postoperative delirium incidence rate of the observation group was 8.00% (4/50) lower than that of the control group 24.00% (12/50), with differences being statistically significant ( χ2 = 4.76, P<0.05). The postoperative 24-hour MRC muscle strength score (5.34 ± 0.58) and the discharge MBI score (77.56 ± 11.34) in the observation group were both significantly higher than those of the control group (4.79 ± 0.65) and (68.25 ± 10.47), respectively ( t = 4.46, 4.27, both P<0.05). Conclusions:The comfort-oriented light sedation strategy nursing model can improve the postoperative sedation and analgesia effects for ICU gastrointestinal surgery patients, promote gastrointestinal function recovery, shorten ICU hospital stay, reduce delirium incidence, and accelerate patient postoperative recovery.
