Central venous catheter maintenance for cancer patients

Abstract:

Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. However, there is not a single study that has investigated the effect of a precise management model in cancer patients. This study aimed to explore the role of precise management in maintaining central venous indwelling catheters for cancer patients.

Methods: In total, 106 patients with central venous indwelling catheters were randomly divided into observation and control groups. The control group was given routine nursing intervention. A precise management model was adopted for the observation group. The incidence of central venous indwelling catheter-associated complications, patient treatment compliance, anxiety and depression scores, and patient satisfaction with the nursing services were compared between the two groups.

Results: We noticed that the psychological state of the patients in the two groups significantly improved after the nursing intervention compared to before the nursing intervention (P < 0.05), and this effect was more prominent in the observation group than in the control group (P < 0.05). In addition, the incidence of complications in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). Moreover, we observed that treatment compliance and patient satisfaction with the nursing services were much higher in the observation group than in the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: In the maintenance of central venous indwelling catheters for cancer patients, the implementation of a precise management model can significantly reduce the incidence of central venous indwelling catheter-associated complications, improve treatment compliance of patients, positively modulate patients’ psychological state, and harmonize the nurse-patient relationship.