Effect of continuing nursing care in home management for elderly cancer patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of continuing nursing care in home management for elderly cancer patients , so as to provide a more comfortable home management for aged patients with cancer . Methods A total of 208 elderly cancer patients were chosen by convenience sampling from August 2012, and Omaha system was used to make intervention measures .Follow-ups were conducted before and after discharge on the first chemotherapy , after discharge of the second chemotherapy and two weeks after discharge of the third chemotherapy in order to evaluate their home life .Results The cognition score of elderly cancer patients before and after discharge on the first chemotherapy , after discharge of the second chemotherapy and two weeks after discharge of the third chemotherapy was respectively （2.91 ±177;0.57）,（3.92 ±177;0.54）,（6.58 ±177;0.56）,（7.39 ±177; 0.59）, and the difference was statistically significant （F=351.05,P=0.001）.Their behavior score was respectively （3.45 ±177;0.47）,（4.30 ±177;0.48）,（6.44 ±177;0.49）,（7.00 ±177;0.52）with statistically significant difference （F=363.45, P=0.000）.And their score of current situation was respectively （2.64 ±177;0.49）,（4.17 ±177;0.48）,（6.40 ±177;0.51）, （7.20 ±177;0.53） with statistically significant difference （F=405.07,P=0.000）.Conclusions Continuing nursing care affects patients from four aspects including environment , social psychology , physiology and health , which can effectively improve the quality of life in elderly patients with cancer , so as to promote and maintain their health. Key words: Neoplasm; Elderly; Continuing nursing care; Home management