International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To analyze the impact of dietary care based on behavioral change theory on the nutritional status and prognosis of postoperative gastric cancer patients. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 80 gastric cancer patients registered in our hospital between May 2022 and October 2023. All 80 patients were divided into a nursing group and a regular nursing group. The nursing group received dietary care based on behavioral change theory, while the regular nursing group received routine care. The nursing outcomes of the nursing group and the regular nursing group were compared one by one. Results Before intervention, there was minimal difference in nutritional knowledge level and nutritional status between the nursing group and the regular nursing group of gastric cancer patients (P>0.05); After intervention, compared before and after intervention, the nutritional knowledge level and nutritional status of gastric cancer patients in the nursing group and the regular nursing group increased. However, the scores of nutritional knowledge, nutritional behavior, nutritional attitude, as well as the levels of PAB and ALB in gastric cancer patients were significantly higher than those in the regular nursing group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). The prognosis of gastric cancer patients in the nursing group was much better than that in the normal nursing group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Behavioral change theory and dietary care have a greater impact on the nutritional status and prognosis of postoperative gastric cancer patients, and are worthy of widespread clinical application.

Theory of behavioral change; Dietary care; Postoperative gastric cancer; Nutritional status; Prognostic effect