Effect of Hospice Care on Symptoms and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients at the End of Life
Objective To investigate the effect of hospice care mode on uncomfortable symptoms and quality of life in patients with cancer at the end of life.Methods 70 patients with end-stage cancer were randomly divided into the control group(n=35)and the observation group(n=35).The control group was given simple control of uncomfortable symptoms,and the ob-servation group was treated with comfortable nursing and psychological comfort on the basis of the control group.The analgesic effect,psychological evaluation and quality of life were compared between the 2 groups before and after treatment.Results The effective rate of analgesia in the observation group was higher than that in the control group(P＜0.05),the score of psychological anxiety was lower than that in the control group(P＜0.05),and the score of quality of life was higher than that in the control group(P＜0.05).Conclusion The hospice care model can effectively control the uncomfortable symptoms of cancer patients at the end of their lives and significantly improve their quality of life.It is a diagnosis and treatment model with humanistic charac-teristics worthy of promotion.
Hospice careCancerUncomfortable symptomsQuality of life
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