Objective: Patients with urological tumours frequently experience compromised quality of life and mental health issues. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a primary caregiver training programme conducted by a community health service centre on these patients.
Methods: This retrospective study assessed a primary caregiver training programme for patients with urological tumours conducted across ten community health centres in China over 6 weeks from March 2020 to March 2024. Patients were divided into control and observation groups based on their programme completion. Both groups were assessed for quality of life, nutritional status, and mental health after the programme to determine the programme's effectiveness.
Results: This study included 95 patients, 46 in the control group and 49 in the observation group. Before the training, no significant differences were observed between the groups in terms of baseline characteristics, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS2002), or Self-Assessment Scale for Anxiety (SAS) scores (p > 0.05). Post-training, the observation group showed significantly better quality of life scores, reduced nutritional risk, and improved SAS scores than the control group (p < 0.05 for all comparisons).
Conclusions: A 6-week primary caregiver training programme in community health centres significantly improves the quality of life and mental health of patients with urological tumours, warranting further implementation.
Keywords: continuity of patient care; mental health; patient care planning; quality of life; urological neoplasms.
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