Application of Quantitative Assessment Strategy-Based Nursing Combined with Empathic Nursing in Patients Undergoing Tension-Free Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the application of quantitative assessment strategy-based nursing combined with empathic nursing in patients undergoing tension-free inguinal herniorrhaphy. METHODS: 82 patients who underwent tension-free inguinal herniorrhaphy in our hospital from May 2020 to December 2021 were enrolled. According to the random number table method, they were divided into three groups (A, B, and C). Patients in group A received quantitative assessment strategy-based nursing combined with empathic nursing, and group B received quantitative assessment strategy-based nursing. Group C received a routine intervention. The early recovery of the three groups was observed. Heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO(2)), and blood pressure (BP) were recorded before entering the operating room and at the beginning of anesthesia. Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF, adult version) was used to assess the psychological status. The Modified Barthel Index (MBI) score of three groups at different time points was recorded. The complications of the three groups were observed. RESULTS: Compared with group C, wound healing time, ambulation time, hospital stay time, and time to resume daily activities in groups A and B were significantly shorter (all P < 0.05). At the beginning of anesthesia, HR and BP levels in the three groups were all decreased, with HR and BP levels in group A lower than those in group C and HR levels in group B lower than those in group C (all P < 0.05). After the intervention, the scores of emotional well-being, psychological well-being, and social well-being in groups A and B were higher than those in group C and the scores of psychological well-being and social well-being in group A were higher than those in group B (all P < 0.05). The daily living ability score of group A was higher than that of groups B and group C at discharge, one month after discharge, and three months after discharge, and the daily living ability score of group B was higher than that of group C at these three time points (all P < 0.05). No significant differences were observed in the incidence of complication rate among the three groups (10.71%, 14.81%, and 29.63%) (χ(2) = 3.616, all P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Quantitative evaluation strategy-based nursing combined with empathic nursing can effectively improve the early recovery of patients undergoing tension-free inguinal herniorrhaphy, reduce their stress response, and improve their mental health and daily living ability.