Summary of evidence for the use of Chinese medicine nursing in symptom management of lung cancer patients

Subjects: Nursing >> Nursing submitted time 2024-02-22

Jing Zhang Liyan Liu Lisha Pang Jing Han Yuquan Ma Xuemin Tan Bing He Xingxiao Feng

Abstract： Objectives 
To search and summarize the best evidence of traditional Chinese medicine nursing in symptom management of lung cancer patients, so as to provide reference for medical staff to implement traditional Chinese medicine characteristic symptom management for lung cancer patients.
Background
Patients with lung cancer often have treatment-related symptoms during treatment, which greatly reduces the quality of life of patients and increases the treatment cost of patients. Traditional Chinese medicine nursing technology plays a role in reducing adverse reactions, improving tumor complications and improving the quality of life.
Design
An integrative review of the study.
Methods 
All evidence from guideline collaborative networks, professional association websites, and well-known domestic and international databases in the last 10 years was searched. Literature quality evaluation tools were used to evaluate the quality of the included literature, and evidence was extracted from those that met the quality requirements.The PRISMA checklist was used to evaluate the current study.
Results
 A total of 34 best evidences of  the use of Chinese medicine nursing in symptom management of lung cancer patients were obtained.  They are from three aspects: symptom management, emotions, and diet.
Conclusion
The existing evidence shows that traditional Chinese medicine nursing has certain curative effect in the symptom management of lung cancer patients. In order to promote the standardized application of traditional Chinese medicine nursing, more clinical research, systematic evaluation and other evidence are still needed in the future.
Relevance to Clinical Practice
This study summarizes the evidence for the use of Chinese medicine nursing in symptom management of lung cancer patients and provides clinical decision-making for clinical nursing staff to carry out traditional Chinese medicine nursing in the management of lung cancer symptoms.
Patient or Public Contribution/s
There are no patient or public contributions to this study.

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