Humanistic Care Improves Negative Emotions And Quality Of Life In Colon Cancer Patients Undergoing Colostomies

Objective: This study aimed to explore the effect of humanistic care on the negative emotions and quality of life (QoL) of colon cancer patients with stoma. Methods: We prospectively analyzed 90 colon cancer patients who underwent colostomies at the General Hospital of Central Theater Command from July 2016 to June 2019 and randomly divided the cases into a humanistic care group (n=45) and a routine care group (n=45) according to the care method each received. The routine care group received conventional care, and the humanistic care group received humanistic care in addition to the conventional care. In addition, we compared the patients' negative emotions, self-care abilities, general comfort levels, happiness levels, and QoL before and after the intervention as well as the complication rates and nursing satisfaction in the two groups. Results: After the intervention, the self-rating depression scale, self-rating anxiety scale, and negative affect scores in both groups were decreased, but the self-care ability, general comfort, positive affect, subjective well-being and QoL scores were increased, compared with the scores before the intervention. The humanistic care group showed a greater change in the indicators than the routine care group (all P<0.05). In addition, the total complication rate was lower, and the nursing satisfaction was higher in the humanistic care group than they were in the routine care group (both P<0.05). Conclusion: Humanistic nursing care for colon cancer patients with stomas can significantly improve the negative emotions, self-care abilities, general comfort levels, happiness levels, QoL and nursing satisfaction, as well as reduce the complication rates.