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1Department of Radiotherapy, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China .
Objective:
To explore the effect of comprehensive nursing intervention in advanced PCa patients receiving chemoradiotherapy.
Methods:
This study included 70 patients with advanced PCa undergoing chemoradiotherapy in our department from January 2020 to April 2022, who were randomly divided into a control (n = 35) and an intervention group (n = 35), the former receiving routine nursing care while the latter comprehensive nursing intervention, including such measures as health education, psychological care, radiotherapy care, chemotherapy care, and complication care. After intervention, comparisons were made between the two groups of patients in the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) scores and incidence of adverse reactions to chemoradiotherapy.
Results:
The scores on all the dimensions of EPIC were significantly higher in the intervention than in the control group (P < 0.05) and the incidence rate of radiation-induced proctitis and cystitis remarkably lower in the former than in the latter (36.11% vs 71.43%, P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Comprehensive nursing intervention can improve the quality of life of the PCa patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy, increase their compliance with treatment and reduce their adverse reactions, and therefore deserves clinical promotion.
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