Integrated Nursing and Psychological Intervention for Tuberculosis Complicated by Lung Cancer: Clinical Efficacy

Context The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) complicated by lung cancer has been increasing yearly worldwide. The overlapping effects of these two diseases leads to difficulties in clinical treatment and care. Single-care modalities fail to meet the clinical-care requirements of these complex diseases for both psychological and physical treatment. Objective The study intended to evaluate the clinical efficacy of integrated nursing plus a psychological intervention for patients with TB complicated by lung cancer. Design The research team conducted a randomized controlled study. Setting The study took place at the Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University in Baoding, Hebei, China. Participants Participants were 60 patients with pulmonary TB complicated by lung cancer who received treatment at the hospital between January 2022 and December 2022. Interventions The research team randomly assigned participants to one of two groups, each with 30 participants: (1) the control group, who received integrated nursing and (2) the intervention group who received integrated nursing plus a psychological intervention. Outcome measures The research team evaluated: (1) short-term clinical efficacy; (2) quality of life, using the Medical Outcomes Study's (MOS') 36-item Short-form Health Survey (SF-36); (3) levels of anxiety and depression, using the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), respectively; and (4) nursing satisfaction. Results No significant differences existed between the groups in demographic or clinical characteristics at baseline (P > .05). Compared to the control group, the intervention group's; (1) short-term clinical efficacy was significantly higher (P = .035); (2) scores on the SF-36 were significantly higher (all P Conclusions Integrated nursing plus psychological intervention can improve the quality of life of patients with TB complicated by lung cancer, alleviate their negative emotions, and enhance nursing satisfaction, thereby promoting patients' recoveries.