Effects of continuing nursing health education on postoperative rehabilitation of patients with gastric cancer

Objective To explore the effects of continuing nursing health education on postoperative rehabilitation of patients with gastric cancer. Methods A total of 98 cases of patients with gastric cancer radical were selected from December 2011 to December 2012 in our hospital according to the random number table method and were divided into observation group and control group. The patients of control group were given routine nursing, while the patients of observation group were given continuity of nursing health education based on the control group. We evaluated self satisfaction after nursing intervention of pain control, and assessed the score of self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) and quality of life self-rating scale. Results After intervention in the intervention group, the patients′ satisfaction to pain control method, to pain control education and all care, and family satisfaction scores were (42.15±14.21), (44.26±13.2), (16.69±2.20), that all were higher than these of the control group (t=3.658, 5.698, 4.265; P 0.05); continuity of nursing health education after implementation, the SAS scores and SDS scores were (30.58±8.64), (35.21±9.02) in the observation group that all were obviously lower than these of the control group (t=2.245, 2.014; P<0.05); after the intervention group in appetite, sleep quality and mental status, the understanding of cancer, family understanding and cooperation, the score in the daily life were (3.52±0.78), (4.36±1.25), (3.92±1.14), (4.25±0.42), (3.78±0.87), (4.21±0.62); in six dimensions, related to the pain and psychological in the observation group were better than those of the control group (t=3.145, 2.896, 3.859, 5.697, 4.021, 4.256; P<0.05). Conclusions Continuity nursing health education can reduce gastric cancer patients with postoperative pain and the degree of anxiety and depression patients, improve the patient′s quality of life and is good for stomach cancer patients with postoperative recovery. Key words: Stomach neoplasms; Health education; Continuity nursing; Rehabilitation