The effect of multi-supportive nursing on the postoperative rehabilitation of breast cancer patients.

OBJECTIVE

To explore the effect of multi-supportive nursing on the postoperative rehabilitation of breast cancer (BC) patients.

METHODS

A total of 96 BC patients who underwent radical mastectomies in our hospital from January 2014 to January 2017 were recruited as the study cohort. The patients were equally divided into a regular group and a research group, with 48 cases in each group. The regular group underwent conventional postoperative nursing, and the research group underwent multi-supportive nursing. We compared the changes in the two groups of patients' quality of life, their psychological states, and their upper limb function before and after the nursing. The nursing satisfaction and the two groups' survival times were also analyzed after the 3-year follow-up.

RESULTS

The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B) and the Connor- Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) subitem scores and the activity angles of the involved shoulder joints in the two groups were increased after the nursing and were better in the research group (all P < 0.05). The involved upper limb lymphedema scores in the two groups were reduced after the nursing and the research group showed a lower level than the regular group (all P < 0.05). The nursing satisfaction was higher in the research group compared with the regular group (97.92% vs. 85.42%, P < 0.05). During the 3-year follow-up, the Progression Free Survival (PFS) in the research group was longer than it was in the regular group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION

Multi-supportive nursing plays a positive role in promoting patients' postoperative rehabilitation.