International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To explore the effect of humanistic care nursing on postoperative pain, psychological stress, and self-management ability in patients with glaucoma and cataract. Methods 120 patients from a certain hospital from January 2022 to December 2023 were randomly divided into an experimental group (60 cases) and a control group (60 cases). The control group received routine nursing, while the experimental group received humanistic care nursing (psychological support, health education, environmental optimization, family participation, and pain management) on the basis of routine nursing. The intervention lasted for 3 months after surgery. Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Self Rating Anxiety/Depression Scale (SAS/SDS), and Chronic Disease Self Efficacy Scale (CDSES) were used to evaluate the indicators. The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0, and t-tests were performed for quantitative data expressed as ± s, and χ2 tests were performed for count data expressed as [n (%)]. Results The VAS scores of the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group at various time points after surgery (P<0.001); The positive rates of anxiety (25.0% vs 53.3%, P=0.001) and depression (20.0% vs 46.7%, P=0.002) were lower than those in the control group one month after surgery; The self-management ability score was significantly higher at 3 months after surgery (26.7 ± 4.2 vs 20.6 ± 3.9, P<0.001). Conclusion Humanistic care nursing can effectively alleviate postoperative pain, improve psychological stress state, enhance self-management ability, and can be an important strategy for optimizing ophthalmic perioperative nursing.

Humanistic care nursing; Glaucoma combined with cataract; Postoperative rehabilitation; Self management ability