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. 2021 Jun 15;13(6):7282-7287.
eCollection 2021.

Using psychological interventions in the nursing care of rectal cancer patients

Sumin Wang  1 , Huiqian Tian  2 , Rongrong Xue  2
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Using psychological interventions in the nursing care of rectal cancer patients

Sumin Wang et al. Am J Transl Res. .

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the significance of psychological interventions in the nursing care of rectal cancer patients undergoing ostomy surgery.

Methods: We recruited 120 rectal cancer patients undergoing ostomy surgery in our hospital from March 2017 to March 2018 as the study cohort, and they were equally and randomly divided into a control group and an observation group. The control group was administered routine nursing, and the observation group was administered routine nursing combined with psychological nursing. The patients' conditions were evaluated using the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), the self-rating depression scale (SDS), the MOS item short form health survey (SF-36), and their defecation. The two groups' satisfaction levels with the nursing were also compared.

Results: The SAS, SDS, HAMA, and HAMD scores in the two groups after the treatment were lower than they were before the treatment, and the observation group was much lower. The SF-36 scores, the patients' defecation, the nursing satisfaction levels, and the sleep durations in the observation group were higher than they were in the control group, and there were fewer incidences of postoperative complications in the observation group than there were in the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: The effects of psychological interventions in the nursing of rectal cancer patients undergoing ostomy surgery are significant. The interventions can relieve the patients' bad moods, stabilize the patients' conditions, and improve the patients' defecation, so it is superior to routine nursing.

Keywords: Rectal cancer ostomy surgery; applied research; nursing; psychological interventions.

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The patients’ SAS and SDS scores in the two groups. Note: A. The SAS scores in the two groups (*mean P < 0.05); B. The SDS scores in the two groups (*mean P < 0.05).
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