Application effects of nurse participated individualized nutrition intervention for cancer patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the application effect of nurse participated individualized nutrition intervention in cancer patients, so as to provide evidence for the improvement of the cancer patients' quality of life. Methods A total of 80 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Anhui No.2 Provincial People's Hospital from January of 2017 to January of 2018 were selected by convenience sampling and randomly divided into the control group (n=40) and observation group (n=40) . Conventional diet instruction was given in the control group while the nurse participated individualized nutrition intervention was adopted for the observation group, the two groups were compared in terms of their nutritional status and quality of life. Results Six months after intervention, the albumin (64.81±4.73) ng/L, transferrin (29.89±4.11) ng/L, hemoglobin (111.56±8.41) ng/L, lymphocyte count (1.71±0.63) ×109/L in the observation group were better than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (t=8.112, 3.099, 2.862, 2.138; P 0.05) . After 6 months of intervention, the incidence of adverse events in blood system, gastrointestinal system, bone marrow suppression and liver injury in the observation group were better than those in the control group with a statistical difference (P<0.01) . Conclusions Individualized nutritional intervention participated by nurses can effectively improve the nutritional status and quality of life of patients, plays a positive role in reducing adverse reactions during chemotherapy, promote the long-term effect to a certain extent and has a good clinical application value. Key words: Neoplasm; Quality of life; Individualized nutrition intervention; Nurse participation