The effect of evidence-based nursing on the degree of pain and skin response of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Objective To explore the effect of evidence-based nursing on the degree of pain and skin response of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and to accumulate experiences of evidence for the high-quality diagnosis services for the special group. Methods A total of 84 cases of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated in the department of otolaryngology in our hospital from September 2013 to March 2016 were chosen as the study subjects and were divided into two groups randomly: the study group with 42 cases, and the control group with 42 cases.The control group was treated with routine care, while the research group introduced the evidence-based nursing model on the basis of control group.Both groups received evaluation on visual simulated pain before intervention and on the 7th day after intervention.Both groups were assessed for skin response on the fourth weekend after intervention. Results There was no statistically significant difference in terms of scores of visual simulated pain of the two groups before intervention(P>0.05). After intervention, the score of level of visual simulated pain was lower than that of the study group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The degree of skin reaction of the study group after intervention was less than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion The introduction of evidence-based nursing model can help alleviate the somatic pain of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy and reduce the degree of skin reaction, which shows high clinical value. Key words: Evidence-based nursing; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Skin response