Application of Nursing Intervention Plan Based on Symptom Management Theory among Breast Cancer Patients

Abstract

In order to explore the application effect of nursing intervention based on symptom management theory in breast cancer patients, a total of 120 breast cancer patients who were hospitalized in the Thyroid and Breast Surgery Department of Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital from July 2018 to July 2021 were selected as the research subjects. Patients from the control group received routine nursing, while patients from the intervention group underwent nursing interventions based on symptom management theory. Before and after the intervention, symptom distress, Herth Hope Index, quality of life, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS), visual analogue score (VAS), and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) were evaluated in two groups. The results showed that the symptom severity score and the symptom distress score, SAS scores, SDS scores, VAS scores, and PSQI scores in the intervention group were significantly lower than those in the control group, while the Herth Hope Index scores and FACT-B scores in the intervention group were obviously higher than those in the control group (all $P<0.05$ ) after intervention. In conclusion, nursing interventions based on symptom management theory could decrease symptom distress among breast cancer patients, increase their hope levels, improve their life quality, relieve the negative emotions, enhance the sleep quality, and reduce their pain. It is worthy of clinical application.