Effect of comprehensive nursing intervention on patients' pain and quality of life after nasal endoscopic surgery

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of comprehensive nursing intervention on patients' pain and quality of life after endoscopic sinus surgery. Methods A total of 136 cases who were treated with nasal endoscopic surgery were chosen according to inclusion criteria from June 2015 to May 2016 in hospital and were randomly divided into control group and observation group. Patients in the control group received conventional nursing after nasal endoscopic surgery, while the observation group received extra comprehensive nursing intervention after nasal endoscopic surgery. Pain of patients, nursing satisfaction on postoperative 1 day, and improvement of top 5 of SNOT-20 of two groups were compared. Results Postoperative pain of two groups was none and mild, and postoperative pain response of the observation group was better than that of the control group (P<0.01) . Top 5 signs of SNOT-20 were nasal congestion, need to blow nose, inattention, runny nose and tiredness. Top 5 signs of observation group were improved more compared with control group (P<0.01) . The total nursing satisfaction of observation group was better than that of the control group (P<0.01) . Conclusions Comprehensive nursing intervention could effectively improve the pain response of patients after nasal endoscopic surgery and elevate quality of life of patients and their satisfaction to medical care and nursing. Key words: Pain; Quality of life; Nasal endoscope; Comprehensive nursing intervention