Effects of Continuous Nursing on the Disease Uncertainty, Coping Strategies and Quality of Sleep and Life of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Abstract

Purpose

To explore the clinical effects of continuous nursing on patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods

Patients with IBD in the digestive department of the hospital from January 2020 to August 2021 were selected as the research participants and divided into an observation and control group by the random number table method. The patients were treated with a routine nursing intervention (control group) or routine plus continuous nursing interventions (observation group). The disease uncertainty, coping strategies, sleep and quality of life before and after the interventions were compared between the two groups.

Results

After 6 months of the intervention, the disease uncertainty score of the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group (p < 0.05). Medical coping style score: There was no significant difference in the three dimensions of medical coping style between the two groups before the intervention (p > 0.05). After 6 months of the intervention, the facial score of the observation group was significantly higher, and the avoidance and yield scores were significantly lower compared with the control group (p < 0.05). Sleep quality and quality of life score: There was no significant difference in the sleep quality score between the two groups before the intervention (p > 0.05). After 6 months of the intervention, the observation group’s sleep quality and quality of life scores were significantly higher compared with the control group (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

Compared with routine nursing, continuous nursing can reduce the disease uncertainty of patients with IBD, help them to adopt an active coping style, as well as improve their sleep quality and quality of life to relieve physical and mental pain and better restore health.

Keywords:

• continuing care
• inflammatory bowel disease
• quality of life
• sleep quality
• coping style

Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate

This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethics committee of Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College. We obtained signed informed consent from the participants in this study.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

Additional information

Funding

Key Scientific Research Project of Anhui Universities SK2020A0369.