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Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research is to identify the bowel symptoms and self-care strategies for rectal cancer survivors during the recovery process following low anterior resection surgery. METHODS: A total of 100 participants were investigated under the structured interview guide based on t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987619/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29866087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-018-0368-5 |
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author | Yin, Lishi Fan, Ling Tan, Renfu Yang, Guangjing Jiang, Fenglin Zhang, Chao Ma, Jun Yan, Yang Zou, Yanhong Zhang, Yaowen Wang, Yamei Zhang, Guifang |
author_facet | Yin, Lishi Fan, Ling Tan, Renfu Yang, Guangjing Jiang, Fenglin Zhang, Chao Ma, Jun Yan, Yang Zou, Yanhong Zhang, Yaowen Wang, Yamei Zhang, Guifang |
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description | BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research is to identify the bowel symptoms and self-care strategies for rectal cancer survivors during the recovery process following low anterior resection surgery. METHODS: A total of 100 participants were investigated under the structured interview guide based on the dimensions of “symptom management theory”. RESULTS: 92% of participants reported changes in bowel habits, the most common being the frequent bowel movements and narrower stools, which we named it finger-shaped consistency stools. The 6 most frequently reported bowel symptoms were excessive flatus (93%), clustering (86%), urgency (77%), straining (62%), bowel frequency (57%) and anal pendant expansion (53%). Periodic bowel movements occurred in 19% participants. For a group of 79 participants at 6 to 24 months post-operation, 86.1% reported a significant improvement of bowel symptoms. Among 68 participants of this subgroup with significant improvements, 70.5% participants reported the length of time it took was at least 6 months. Self-care strategies adopted by participants included diet, bowel medications, practice management and exercise. CONCLUSIONS: It is necessary to educate patients on the symptoms experienced following low anterior resection surgery. Through the process of trial and error, participants have acquired self-care strategies. Healthcare professionals should learn knowledge of such strategies and help them build effective interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-59876192018-06-20 Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer Yin, Lishi Fan, Ling Tan, Renfu Yang, Guangjing Jiang, Fenglin Zhang, Chao Ma, Jun Yan, Yang Zou, Yanhong Zhang, Yaowen Wang, Yamei Zhang, Guifang BMC Surg Research Article BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research is to identify the bowel symptoms and self-care strategies for rectal cancer survivors during the recovery process following low anterior resection surgery. METHODS: A total of 100 participants were investigated under the structured interview guide based on the dimensions of “symptom management theory”. RESULTS: 92% of participants reported changes in bowel habits, the most common being the frequent bowel movements and narrower stools, which we named it finger-shaped consistency stools. The 6 most frequently reported bowel symptoms were excessive flatus (93%), clustering (86%), urgency (77%), straining (62%), bowel frequency (57%) and anal pendant expansion (53%). Periodic bowel movements occurred in 19% participants. For a group of 79 participants at 6 to 24 months post-operation, 86.1% reported a significant improvement of bowel symptoms. Among 68 participants of this subgroup with significant improvements, 70.5% participants reported the length of time it took was at least 6 months. Self-care strategies adopted by participants included diet, bowel medications, practice management and exercise. CONCLUSIONS: It is necessary to educate patients on the symptoms experienced following low anterior resection surgery. Through the process of trial and error, participants have acquired self-care strategies. Healthcare professionals should learn knowledge of such strategies and help them build effective interventions. BioMed Central 2018-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5987619/ /pubmed/29866087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-018-0368-5 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yin, Lishi Fan, Ling Tan, Renfu Yang, Guangjing Jiang, Fenglin Zhang, Chao Ma, Jun Yan, Yang Zou, Yanhong Zhang, Yaowen Wang, Yamei Zhang, Guifang Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer |
title | Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer |
title_full | Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer |
title_fullStr | Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer |
title_short | Bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer |
title_sort | bowel symptoms and self-care strategies of survivors in the process of restoration after low anterior resection of rectal cancer |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987619/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29866087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-018-0368-5 |
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