Nurse-led interventions on quality of life for patients with cancer: A meta-analysis
Abstract
To compare the quality of life outcome between nurse-led and non-nurse-led interventions for patients with cancer using a meta-analysis. A systematic literature review was performed by searching randomized controlled trials about nurse-led interventions in PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases until June 2017. Pooled summary estimates for quality of life outcome was calculated as standardized mean difference (SMD) either on a fixed- or random-effect model via Stata 13.0 software. Seven literatures involving 1110 patients (554 in the nurse-led group and 556 in the control group) were included. Pooled analysis showed there were no differences in the global quality of life, cognitive, emotional, role, social and physical functions, appetite loss, diarrhea, and dyspnea scales of Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 version 3.0 core (QLQ-C30) questionnaires between the nurse-led and control groups. However, the nurse-led management program significantly decreased the occurrence of constipation (SMD = -0.36, 95% CI = -0.71 to -0.00; P = .001) and insomnia (SMD = -0.33, 95% CI = -0.99 to 0.32; P = .011) and reduced the financial difficulty (SMD = -0.34, 95% CI = -0.65 to -0.03; P = .033) for patients with cancer. The nurse-led d...Continue Reading
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