A prospective randomized controlled study of the effect of standardized nursing intervention for cancer pain on the quality of life of patients

Abstract

Abstract Cancer pain refers to pain caused by cancer itself or cancer-related factors and can seriously affect cancer patients’ quality of life. Cancer pain can also cause a decline in patient compliance with cancer treatment and care. It has been suggested that nursing should be oriented to meet the patients’ needs, improve the capacity and quality of its specialized services, and provide a continuum of good quality care for different types of cancer patients with varying degrees of pain. This study used a convenience sampling of 236 cancer patients. According to the random number table method, these patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 118 cases in each group. The control group was given routine nursing and pain management care. The observation group was given standardized nursing intervention for cancer pain alongside routine nursing and pain management care. After 2 weeks of different nursing interventions, the results of the Numeric Rating Scale and the World Health Organization Quality of Life brief version questionnaire from the two groups were compared. After 2 weeks of standardized nursing intervention for cancer pain, the results of the Numeric Rating Scale and World Health Organization Quality of Life brief version in the observation group were significantly better than those in the control group (P < .05), and the difference was statistically significant. The standardized nursing intervention can effectively relieve cancer pain, improve cancer patients’ quality of life, and play a significant role in cancer treatment, which is worthy of clinical reference and promotion.