Purpose: To explore the clinical effects of continuous nursing on patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Methods: Patients with IBD in the digestive department of the hospital from January 2020 to August 2021 were selected as the research participants and divided into an observation and control group by the random number table method. The patients were treated with a routine nursing intervention (control group) or routine plus continuous nursing interventions (observation group). The disease uncertainty, coping strategies, sleep and quality of life before and after the interventions were compared between the two groups.
Results: After 6 months of the intervention, the disease uncertainty score of the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group (p < 0.05). Medical coping style score: There was no significant difference in the three dimensions of medical coping style between the two groups before the intervention (p > 0.05). After 6 months of the intervention, the facial score of the observation group was significantly higher, and the avoidance and yield scores were significantly lower compared with the control group (p < 0.05). Sleep quality and quality of life score: There was no significant difference in the sleep quality score between the two groups before the intervention (p > 0.05). After 6 months of the intervention, the observation group’s sleep quality and quality of life scores were significantly higher compared with the control group (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Compared with routine nursing, continuous nursing can reduce the disease uncertainty of patients with IBD, help them to adopt an active coping style, as well as improve their sleep quality and quality of life to relieve physical and mental pain and better restore health.
Keywords: continuing care, inflammatory bowel disease, quality of life, sleep quality, coping style