KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The study aimed to explore how a web-based positive psychological nursing model impacts patient’s emotions, fatigue, and QoL after CC surgery.
- The network-based psychological nursing model alleviates fatigue and emotions, enhancing QoL and self-management.
Patients with cervical cancer (CC) undergoing post-operative chemotherapy often face anxiety, depression, and cancer-related fatigue, which worsen their quality of life (QoL) and complicate their rehabilitation. Thus, exploring effective nursing methods is essential.
Xin Nie and the team aimed to assess how a web-based positive psychological nursing model affects negative emotions, cancer-related fatigue, self-management, treatment compliance, and QoL in patients with CC after chemotherapy.
Researchers included 101 patients with CC who underwent surgery between January 2019 and December 2023. Patients receiving standard care were placed in the control group (n=48), while those receiving web-based positive psychological care were placed in the study group (n=53).
The study assessed various indices, including baseline characteristics, treatment adherence, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), the Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (RPFS), the Chinese version of the Strategies Used by Patients to Promote Health (C-SUPPH), and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30).
Comparisons were made between the 2 groups regarding anxiety, depression, cancer-related fatigue, self-management efficacy, treatment compliance, and QoL.
After the intervention, both groups showed significant decreases in HAMA, HAMD, and RPFS scores compared to before (P< 0.05). However, the C-SUPPH score significantly increased post-intervention (P< 0.05).
The study group had notably lower HAMA, HAMD, and RPFS scores than the control group after the intervention (P< 0.05), while C-SUPPH scores were significantly higher (P< 0.05). Additionally, the study group demonstrated better treatment compliance and had a significantly higher EORTC QLQ-C30 score compared to the control group (P< 0.05).
The network-based positive psychological nursing model effectively reduces negative emotions and cancer-related fatigue in patients with CC following post-operative chemotherapy, improving their QoL. It also enhances self-management and treatment compliance.
These findings offered new insights into CC nursing post-chemotherapy and highlighted the model’s clinical importance.
No funding information was given.
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39186334/
Nie X. (2024). “Effects of Network-based Positive Psychological Nursing Model on Negative Emotions, Cancer-related Fatigue, and Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Patients with Post-operative Chemotherapy.” Ann Ital Chir. 2024;95(4):542-551. doi:10.62713/aic.3514
