Evidence-based nursing reduces complications and negative emotions and improves limb function in patients undergoing...

This retrospective study primarily analyzed the influence of evidence-based nursing (EBN) on postoperative complications (POCs), negative emotions (NEs) and limb function of patients undergoing hip arthroplasty (HA).

The research participants were 109 patients undergoing HA in Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University from September 2019 to September 2021. Among them, 52 patients who received routine nursing intervention were set as a control group, and 57 patients that received EBN were set as the research group. The POCs (infection; pressure sores, PS; lower extremity deep venous thrombosis, LEDVT), NEs (Hamilton Anxiety/Depression Scale, HAMA/HAMD), limb function (Harris Hip Score, HHS), pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS), quality of life (QoL; Short-Form 36 Item Health Survey, SF-36) and sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI) were compared. Finally, the risk factors of complications in patients undergoing HA were identified by Logistic regression.

The incidence of POCs such as infection, PS and LEDVT was markedly lower in the research group than that in the control group. The postinterventional HAMA and HAMD scores of the research group were obviously lower than the baseline (before intervention) and those of the control group. The research group also exhibited obviously higher scores in various dimensions of the HHS and SF-36 than the baseline and control group. Moreover, the post-interventional VAS and PSQI scores of the research group were markedly reduced compared with the baseline and those of the control group. Factors including drinking history, place of residence and nursing modality were found to be not associated with an increased risk of complications in patients undergoing HA.

EBN can lower the incidence of POCs, mitigate NEs and pain perception, and enhance limb function, QoL and sleep quality in patients undergoing HA, so it is worth popularizing.