Effect of multidisciplinary cooperative continuous nursing on the depression, anxiety and quality of life in gastric cancer patients.

ObjectiveOur aim was to explore the effect of multidisciplinary cooperative continuous nursing on the depression, anxiety and quality of life of gastric cancer (GC) patients.MethodsWe recruited 128 hospitalized patients with GC in this prospective study. Sixty-four patients were randomly selected in the observation group given conventional continuous nursing care, and 64 patients in the control group given multidisciplinary cooperative continuous nursing care by the random number table. The anxiety status (assessed using self-rating anxiety scale), depression status (self-rating depression scale), quality of life (MOS SF-36 scale), postoperative pain (visual analogue scale), self-care agency (Exercise of Self-Care Agency scale), and nursing satisfaction were compared between the two groups.ResultsThe scores of pain intensity outside the hospital, and self-rating anxiety and depression scale were significantly lower (all PConclusionMultidisciplinary cooperative continuous nursing exerts favorable effects in GC patients, and can ameliorate the depression, anxiety, postoperative pain and quality of life, and facilitate the self-care ability and satisfaction of patients. Thus, this nursing model is worthy of being promoted and applied clinically.