Systematic nursing intervention to improve the effect of advanced non-small cell lung cancer chemotherapy patients with cancer-induced fatigue

Abstract

Objective To observe the effect of systematic nursing intervention on improving cancer-induced fatigue in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods A total of 108 cases of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who were treated with chemotherapy in the hospital were selected, and the experimental design method of the same group was adopted. 54 cases of patients with traditional nursing mode from June 2015 to June 2016 were set as the control group. From July 2016 to July 2017, 54 patients who implemented systematic nursing intervention were set as the research group. The indexes of cancer-induced fatigue, quality of life and patient satisfaction were compared between the two groups before and after nursing. Results Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventoy-Short Form(MFSI-SF) score of the two groups before intervention showed no statistical significance(P>0.05). After the intervention, the scores of general fatigue, physical fatigue, emotional fatigue, psychological fatigue and vitality in the study group were significantly lower than those in the control group, with statistically significant differences(P 0.05). After intervention, scores of physical function, emotional function, cognitive function, role function and social function in the study group were significantly higher than those in the control group, with statistically significant differences(P<0.05). Conclusions Systematic nursing intervention has a significant effect on improving cancer-induced fatigue and quality of life in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy, which is conducive to improving the effect of chemotherapy and worthy of clinical promotion. Key words: Systematic nursing interventions; Advanced non-small cell lung cancer; Chemotherapy; Cancer-related fatigue