Comprehensive nursing intervention on the quality of life of patients with urinary bladder cancer

Abstract

Objective To observe the effect of comprehensive nursing intervention on quality of life of patients with bladder neoplasm. Methods Ninety patients with urinary bladder tumor, admitted to our hospital from January 2009 to January 2011, were randomly divided into two groups with 45 cases in each group. The control group was given the routine care, and the observation group was given comprehensive nursing intervention. The treatment compliance and quality of life in the two groups were compared. Results The compliance rate of the observation group was 89% , which was significantly higher than 73% in the control group （Z = 3.55 ,P 〈0. 05）. Before the intervention, the quality of life in the two groups had no significant difference （P 〉 0. 05）. After the intervention, the scores of physical condition, family status, cognition, emotional and social function in the observation group were （57.10 ± 1.10）, （53.50 ± 1.50）, （55.85 ± 1.67）, （ 52.35 ± 1.87） and （51.50 ± 0.50） , respectively, which were significantly higher than （43.20 ±0. 30） , （44.38 ± 1.30）, （45.00 ± 1.47 ）, （41.85 ±1.47 ） and （41.30 ±0. 60） in the control group. The differences were statistically significant （ t = 3. 21,3.08,3.24,3.46,4. 03, respectively; P 〈 0. 05 ）. Conclusions The comprehensive care intervention can obtain satisfactory clinical outcome in patients with bladder neoplasm. It can significantly improve patients compliance and quality of life, and worth of clinical promotion. Key words: Bladder cancer; Quality of life; Urinary stoma; Comprehensive nursing intervention