High-quality nursing reduces the incidence of postoperative pain and complications, and enhances the quality of life and nursing satisfaction

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the application effect of high-quality nursing on patients, their adverse emotion and reduction on the incidence of postoperative pain and complications, in patients with thyroidectomy. Methods: In total, 192 patients with thyroidectomy were randomly divided into an intervention group (N=96) and a control group (N=96). The control group was treated with routine nursing, while the intervention group was additionally offered high quality nursing intervention. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and the self-rating depression scale (SDS) were adopted to assess the emotional status; the pain degree of the two groups was evaluated by visual analogue scale (VAS); the complication incidence was compared between the two groups; the quality of life of the two groups was evaluated with reference to the quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30). Results: After nursing, the SAS score, SDS and VAS scores of the intervention group were lower than those of the control group (P<0.001). The intervention group also exhibited less postoperative complications than the control group (P<0.01). The nursing satisfaction score of the intervention group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.001). After nursing, the QLQ-C30 of intervention group, the disease control, life behavior, exercise, and psychological emotional change scores were higher than those of the control group (P<0.001). Conclusion: High-quality nursing is effective in treating patients with thyroidectomy. It can improve the patient's adverse emotions, reduce the incidence of postoperative pain and complications, and enhance the quality of life and nursing satisfaction.