Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Diarrhea is common after colorectal surgery, but its severity and self-care methods have not been examined in depth. OBJECTIVE:To understand changes in and factors influencing diarrhea distress and self-care strategies of patients 1 week and 1, 2, and 3 months after colorectal cancer surgery. METHODS:For this descriptive, longitudinal study, 35 cancer patients were recruited from a teaching hospital in northern Taiwan. Data were collected in structured, one-on-one interviews at 1 week and 1, 2, and 3 months after surgery. Variance and effects of diarrhea distress and number of self-care strategies were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance and generalized estimating equation. Effectiveness scores for self-care strategies were analyzed by Wilcoxon signed rank test. RESULTS:Participants' overall level of diarrhea symptom distress was low. Distress level was highest 1 week after surgery, but gradually decreased thereafter. Over time after surgery, patients' frequency of using self-care strategies did not differ, but self-care strategies changed. Dietary modification and exercise were rated as the most effective strategies. Self-care information for hospitalized patients was primarily provided by medical personnel. The major factor affecting diarrhea distress was defecation frequency, and the major factors affecting self-care strategies were age, cancer stage, defecation frequency, and diarrhea distress. CONCLUSION:Diarrhea distress level gradually decreased, and self-care strategies changed with time after colorectal cancer surgery. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE:Because health care personnel were the primary source of self-care information for hospitalized patients after colorectal cancer surgery, nurses should use these findings to provide supportive treatment and educate patients and their family members about the cause and severity of diarrhea. Such education should include treatment-induced adverse effects as the basis for treating diarrhea.
journal_name
Cancer Nursjournal_title
Cancer nursingauthors
Pan LH,Tsai YF,Chen ML,Tang R,Chang CJdoi
10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181e3ca21subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-01-01 00:00:00pages
E1-9issue
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0162-220Xissn
1538-9804journal_volume
34pub_type
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