Effect of medical and nursing integration notification on anxiety, depression and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of medical and nursing integration notification on the truth knowing rate,anxiety,depression and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Meth-ods From February to March 2017,34 patients for the first time needing chemotherapy were included as control group,using normal disclosure.From June to July 2017,35 cases for the first time needing chemother-apy were included as the experimental group. The experimental group was informed of the medical and nurs-ing integration notification. The truth knowing rate,anxiety,depression and quality of life were compared be-fore and after three cycles of chemotherapy. Results After three cycles of chemotherapy,the truth knowing rate of patients in the experimental group (completely 57.14%,partly 34.29% and none 8.57%) was signifi-cantly different with the control group (completely 29.42%,partly 35.29% and none 35.29%,P＜0.01). The scores of anxiety and depression in the experimental group(39.43±4.60,41.86±5.23) were significantly low-er than those before chemotherapy(42.37±4.76,45.69±5.49,P＜0.01). The scores of anxiety and depression in the control group (45.74±5.20,49.74±5.42) were significantly higher than those before chemotherapy (42.77±5.62,45.56±6.27,P＜0.01).After three cycles of chemotherapy,the scores of anxiety and depression in the experimental group were lower than the control group (P＜0.01). After three cycles of chemotherapy, the total health status,body function,role function,emotional function,cognitive function,social function,fa-tigue,nausea and vomiting,and loss of appetite were statistically significant between the experimental group and control group (P＜0.05). Conclusion The medical and nursing integration notification has a positive effect on the truth knowing rate,anxiety,depression and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemo-therapy.