Predictive Nursing Versus Routine Nursing on Health Status, Cancer-related Fatigue and Psychological State of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the implications of predictive nursing on the health status, cancer-related fatigue and psychological state of patients with pancreatic cancer after chemotherapy. Methods: This was a randomized controlled experiment that included 68 patients with pancreatic cancer who received chemotherapy in our hospital from July 2019 to February 2022, and the participants were assigned 1:1 either into the routine (routine nursing mode) or the prediction (predictive nursing mode) group. The outcome measures included health status, cancer-related fatigue, anxiety, depression, quality of life (QoL) and adverse reactions. Results: In this study, there were no cases of treatment intolerance to the point of shedding, and no cases of additional supplemental treatment. The predictive nursing intervention resulted in superior health status (P<0.05), yet less cancer-related fatigue versus the routine nursing (P<0.05). The predictive nursing intervention was associated with lower self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale scores (P<0.05), but higher QoL score versus the routine nursing (P<0.05). The predictive nursing intervention led to lower incidence of adverse reactions versus the routine nursing (P<0.05). Conclusion: The predictive nursing is a viable mode for patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing chemotherapy is remarkable. It produces remarkable benefits in terms of boosting the health status and QoL of patients, mitigating cancer-related fatigue, and minimizing the probability of adverse reactions, and therefore merits clinical application.