Contemporary Nursing

Objective To explore the positive effect of continuous follow-up nursing on the quality of life of patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer after surgery. Methods A total of 100 patients with upper gastrointestinal tract tumors who were admitted to our hospital from January 2023 to December 2023 were randomly divided into control group and observation group, with 50 patients in each group. The control group was treated with routine care, and the observation group was followed by a continuous follow-up care model on the basis of routine care. Through a one-year whole-process health management of patients with upper gastrointestinal tract tumors, the improvement of follow-up visits, nutritional status, recurrence and metastasis, complication rate, survival rate and quality of life was evaluated. Results The postoperative follow-up rate, anastomotic stenosis and gastric emptying disorder in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The patients in the observation group returned to normal diet earlier than the control group, and the amount and frequency of food were higher than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.001). The SF-36 scale was used to evaluate the quality of life of the two groups, and the results showed that the scores of physiological function, social function and emotional function in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.001). The serum albumin, hemoglobin and other nutritional indexes of the two groups were detected, and the results showed that the serum albumin, hemoglobin and BMI levels of the observation group were higher than those of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion The whole process of health management with continuous follow-up nursing can effectively improve the quality of life of patients with upper gastrointestinal tumors after surgery, reduce the incidence of complications, and improve the nutritional status of patients.

Continuous follow-up; mode of care; postoperative surgery for upper gastrointestinal tumors; quality of life; Complication management