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Trial reportClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2025

The effect of narrative nursing on improving the negative emotions and quality of life of patients with moderate to severe cancer pain.

Li-Hua Wu, Jia Li, Shao-Fen Jia, Yan-Jing Guo

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Trial report in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Li-Hua Wu *Department of Lymphatic Oncology, Cancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, No. 99 of Longcheng Street, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, 030032, China. wulihuadr6@outlook.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5086-6660
Jia Li *Department of Lymphatic Oncology, Cancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, No. 99 of Longcheng Street, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, 030032, China.
Shao-Fen JiaDepartment of Lymphatic Oncology, Cancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, No. 99 of Longcheng Street, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, 030032, China.
Yan-Jing GuoDepartment of Lymphatic Oncology, Cancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, No. 99 of Longcheng Street, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, 030032, China.

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Abstract

objectiveThis study aimed to explore the effect of narrative nursing on improving the negative emotions, sleep quality, and quality of life of patients with moderate to severe cancer pain.

methodsA total of 80 patients with moderate to severe cancer pain who had been hospitalized in the lymphoma oncology department in our hospital from March 2019 to September 2021 were selected as the study subjects and randomly divided into the conventional nursing and narrative nursing groups, with 40 cases in each group. A conventional nursing intervention was conducted for one group, and narrative nursing was provided for the second group in addition to the conventional nursing. The anxiety and depression, sleep quality, quality of life, and satisfaction with pain management of the patients in the two groups were compared before and after the intervention.

resultsIn the narrative nursing group, the self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale scores were significantly lower than those in the conventional nursing group after the intervention (P < 0.05). The scores for sleep quality, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, and daytime dysfunction and the total Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores were significantly lower in the narrative nursing group compared with the conventional care group (P < 0.05). The scores for the physical function, living ability, social adaptation, and psychological status items in the Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 were significantly higher in the narrative nursing group than in the conventional care group (P < 0.05). The patients' satisfaction with pain management was higher in the narrative nursing group than in the conventional care group (P < 0.05).

conclusionNarrative nursing can alleviate the negative emotions of anxiety and depression in patients with moderate to severe cancer pain and improve their sleep quality, quality of life, and pain management satisfaction.

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Cancer PainEmotionsPain ManagementQuality of LifeAdultAgedAnxietyDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSleep QualityAnxietyDepressionModerate to severe cancer painNarrative nursingQuality of lifeSatisfactionSleep quality

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