Volume 29, Issue 4, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.844
Clinical Effects of Concept of Humanistic Care on Nursing of Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer
Abstract
Objective: To explore the clinical effects of the concept of humanistic care on the nursing of patients with advanced breast cancer.
Methods: A total of 60 patients with advanced breast cancer were enrolled in our hospital from January 2017 to October 2019, and divided into 2 groups using a random number table (n=30). Routine nursing was given in control group, while humanistic care nursing was given in observation group. The mental status score, treatment compliance, cancer-related pain score, cancer-related fatigue score, quality-of-life score and nursing satisfaction were compared between the two groups.
Results: After nursing, the anxiety and depression scores declined in the two groups compared with those before nursing, while they were lower in observation group than those in control group (P<0.05). The total rate of treatment compliance was higher in observation group (93.33%) than that in control group (73.33%) (P<0.05). After nursing, the cancer-related pain score and cancer-related fatigue score declined in the two groups compared with those before nursing, while they were lower in observation group than those in control group (P<0.05). The quality-of-life score was higher in both groups after nursing than that before nursing (P<0.05), while it was also higher in observation group after nursing than that in control group (P<0.05). The overall satisfaction rate of nursing was 96.67% in observation group, which was higher than that in control group (80.00%) (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The concept of humanistic care applied in the nursing of patients with advanced breast cancer can effectively reduce the negative emotions of patients, improve the treatment compliance, help relieve the symptoms such as pain and fatigue, raise the quality of life, and make patients more satisfied with nursing services
Keywords
advanced breast cancer; nursing; humanistic care