Symptom Experiences of Postoperative Bowel Dysfunction Patients with Rectal Cancer:A Quali-tative Study
Objective To explore the symptom experiences of bowel dysfunction after rectal cancer surger-y,and to provide reference for targeted symptom management.Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 11 postoperative patients with rectal cancer.Content analysis method was adopted to ana-lyze the data and extract the themes.Results The impact of intestinal dysfunction on quality of life in pa-tients with rectal cancer after surgery can be summarized into three themes,namely symptom perception,symptom evaluation,and symptom coping.Conclusions Patients with bowel dysfunction after rectal cancer surgery have different degrees of psychological and physiological stress,Therefore,medical staff should fo-cus on the symptoms need and evaluated promptly,and give relevant intervention measures to improve the quality of life of patients with intestinal dysfunction.
rectal cancerintestinal dysfunctionlow anterior resection syndromesymptom experiencequalitative study
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