Objective: Our aim was to explore the influence of humanistic care based on Carolina care model on postoperative recovery and quality of life in patients with ovarian cancer (OC).
Methods: In this prospective study, we selected 85 OC patients and randomly divided them into the Carolina group (n = 43) given humanistic care based on Carolina care model and the control group (n = 42) given routine nursing intervention. The postoperative recovery and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Ovary Cancer (FACT-O) scores were compared between the two groups.
Results: After intervention, the time of first flatus and defecation after surgery, the time of first ambulation and the length of average postoperative hospital stay were much shorter, and the pain score, total complication rate, self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale scores as well as Cortisol, C-reactive protein and fasting blood glucose levels at 48 hours postoperatively were significantly lower in the Carolina group than in the control group. The nursing satisfaction in the Carolina group was markedly higher than that in the control group (97.67% vs. 78.57%, P<0.01). After 3 months of follow-up, the Carolina group showed higher dimension scores of FACT-O than the control group (all P<0.001).
Conclusion: Humanistic nursing care based on Carolina care model can significantly ameliorate the recovery of OC patients, reduce the physical and psychologic stress response, and effectively enhance the nursing satisfaction and quality of life.
Keywords: Carolina care model; Ovarian cancer; humanistic care; physiological stress; quality of life.
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