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Abstract
Lung cancer has progressed to be one of the most frequent and deadly variations of cancer worldwide. Despite advances in diagnosing and treating this disease, lung cancer prevalence and mortality have increased (Torres et al., 2023). Lung cancer is recognized to carry a high symptom burden with associated lowered quality of life & impaired functional status as compared with other types of cancer. So, symptoms improvement is a priority for lung cancer patients and an important component for improving clinical outcome & survival. Several studies have found that nursing interventions are very important to improve symptoms, functional status and overall health related quality of life among patients with lung cancer (Mao et al., 2022).
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of selected nursing interventions on improving symptoms and functional status among patients with lung cancer Method Research Setting: This study was carried out at the inpatient wards and th outpatient units of the oncology department, Menoufia University Hospital, Shebin El- kom, Menoufia Governorate, Egypt.Research design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized to achieve the purpose of the study.Subjects: A consecutive sample of 60 adult patients with lung cancer who fulfill the inclusion criteria were selected for a period of 10 months. They randomly assigned into two equal groups, 30 patients for each group:
• The study group (I): exposed to the designed selected nursing intervention(breathing and stretching exercises) along with routine hospital care.The control group (II): exposed only to routine hospital care. The researcher started with the control group first to prevent contamination.Instruments of the study: Six instruments were utilized by the researcher for data collection, these instruments were:-Instrument I: Structured Interview Questionnaire Instrument II: Observational Checklist Instrument III: Fatigue Assessment Scale Instrument IV: Dyspnea Numeric Rating Scale Instrument V: Insomnia Severity Index Instrument VI: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Scale The main finding of the present study: There was an improvement in knowledge regarding lung cancer and practice of breathing &stretching exercises among study group (I) than control group (II) after applying selected nursing interventions. There was highly significant improvement in symptoms (fatigue, dyspnea & insomnia) and functional status among study group (I) than control group (II) post intervention (P ≤ 0.001).Conclusion:Based on the findings of the current study, it can be concluded that nursing interventions have beneficial improvement in symptoms (fatigue, dyspnea, insomnia) & functional status among patients with lung cancer.Recommendations Based on the findings of the current study, the following recommendations are derived and suggested:A- Recommendations for patients:• Supervised health teaching regarding nursing interventions should be given for lung cancer patients to improve symptoms and functional status among them.• A colored illustrative booklet should be distributed to all lung cancer patients.It should include knowledge about lung cancer, nursing interventions, and exercises that improve symptoms and functional status.• Increasing awareness about prevention methods of lung cancer.B- Recommendations for further research:• A similar study can be replicated at different settings and on large probability sample to allow for greater generalization of the findings.