Development and predictive efficiency test of a risk assessment tool for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients with primary liver cancer / 中国实用护理杂志

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Objective:To develop a risk assessment tool for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients with primary liver cancer, and to verify its predictive efficiency, so as to provide reference for risk assessment and nursing intervention of nausea and vomiting in patients with primary liver cancer.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was used. The risk assessment tool was compiled by using literature analysis, Delphi expert consultation and analytic hierarchy process. 153 patients with primary liver cancer who underwent transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in the Department of Intervention, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital from May 2022 to April 2023 were selected for assessment by using convenience sampling method. Receiver operating characteristic curve, sensitivity, specificity and Youden index were used to test the prediction efficiency of risk assessment tools.Results:Among 153 patients, there were 78 males, 75 females, aged (48.44 ± 7.76) years old. The expert positive coefficient of the three rounds of inquiry letters was all 100%, the expert authority coefficient was 0.936, 0.950 and 0.960 respectively, and the Kendall harmony coefficient was 0.490, 0.327 and 0.414 respectively (all P<0.01). The risk assessment tool for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients with primary liver cancer included 14 items. The results of prediction efficiency analysis showed that the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.938 (95% CI 0.903-0.974, P<0.01). When the cut-off score was 56.2, the sensitivity, specificity and Youden index of the risk assessment tool were 0.926, 0.881 and 0.807, which had the best prediction efficiency. Conclusions:The risk assessment tool for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients with primary liver cancer has high scientificity, predictive efficiency and practicability, and is suitable for the risk assessment for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients with primary liver cancer in China.