Effect of nursing intervention on quality of life and complications of esophageal cancer during radiotherapy

Objective To investigate the impact of nursing intervention on patients with esophageal cancer during radiotherapy in quality of life,complications,and patient compliance. Methods Sixty-seven cases of esophageal cancer were divided into 33 cases of usual care group( control group) and 34 cases of nursing intervention group( observation group). The radiotherapy compliance,complications,and quality of life score of two groups were compared. Results The rate of the intervention compliance of two groups was not statistically significant( P 0. 05). The rate of the compliance of observation groups was significantly higher than that of the control group. The difference was statistically significant( P 0. 05). The rate of the complication of observation group was 23. 53% and that of the control group was 48. 48%. The complication rates of the two groups of patients were statistically significant( P 0. 05). The appetite,spirit,sleep,pain,fatigue,self-awareness of cancer,treatment attitude,daily life,and total scores of observation group were better than those before the intervention and of control group. The difference was statistically significant( P 0. 05). Conclusion Application of nursing intervention on esophageal cancer patients treated with radiotherapy can improve patient compliance and reduce the incidence of complications in patients to improve the quality of life of patients.