Assessing the applications of transitional care and its impact on the quality of life in patients after total laryngectomy.

Yingchao Zhu, Dong Chen, Lili Jiang, Leilei Yu

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Yingchao ZhuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200011, China.

Dong ChenDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200011, China.

Lili JiangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200011, China.

Leilei YuDepartment of Oral Surgery Department, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200011, China.

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objectiveTo explore the effect of transitional care and its impact on quality of life (QoL) in patients who underwent total laryngectomy.

methodsThe study enrolled 68 patients who were admitted to our hospital and underwent total laryngectomy from January 2017 to January 2019. The subjects were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group. Conventional care was given to the control group (34 cases), while conventional and transitional care was given to the observation group (34 cases). The study sought to compare the self-care ability, health knowledge, satisfaction with nursing, and QoL between the two groups at discharge and 6 months after discharge.

resultCompared with the control group, the observation group showed higher scores in self-care ability, more extensive health knowledge, greater satisfaction, and better QoL at 6 months after discharge from the hospital. The differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05).

conclusionTransitional care can effectively improve the following performance in patients, including self-care activity after hospital discharge, health knowledge, and satisfaction with care, medication adherence, and QoL. Transitional care can be considered in a broader application.

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care outcomesquality of life (QoL)total laryngectomyTransitional care

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PMCPMC8290806

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