The effect of comfortable nursing intervention on the stress response of the elderly female patients with thyroid surgery / 中国现代医生

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of comfortable nursing intervention on the stress response of the elderly female patients with thyroid surgery in preoperative period. Methods From January 2010 to February 2014 ,109 elderly female thyroid disease patients with thyroid surgery were divided into two groups according to nursing types ,53 cases of routine nursing group and 56 cases of comfortable nursing group. Results The blood pressure and heart rate in two groups had no significant differences after operation(P>0.05). Respiratory rate had no significant differences in two groups before and after operation(P>0.05). Compared with the routine nursing group,blood pressure and heart rate sig-nificantly decreased,postoperative pain was significantly relieved on the first day after operation and the satisfaction rate was higher in the comfortable nursing group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion Comfortable nursing can obviously de crease the stress response of elderly female patients with thyroid surgery in preoperative period by providing both men-tal and physical security for the patients.