Abstract
Objective To explore the influences of the comprehensive intervention on sleep quality of the lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Methods A total of 94 lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy were selected from October 2012 to December 2013 and equally randomized into the observation group and control group, with 47 patients in each group. The patients of control group were treated with routine nursing for lung cancer. The patients of observation group adopted the nurse-doctor collaboration management model including psychotherapy, relaxation therapy, sleep restriction therapy, adjust treatment on the basis of routine nursing. After four weeks intervention, the effects were evaluated according to the sleep quality of patients. Results A total of 30 patients could sleep well in the observation group whereas its number was 17 in the control group. The observation group and control group effectiveness were 63.8% and 37.8% respectively. The effect of sleep quality in observation group was significantly better than the control group (χ2=7.191, P=0.007). Conclusions The comprehensive measures can obviously correct the bad sleep habits and sleep behavior in lung cancer patients with chemotherapy, and improve the quality of sleep in those patients. Key words: Lung cancer; Chemotherapy; Sleep quality; Comprehensive
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