Assessing the Impact of Risk-Warning Nursing on Postoperative Outcomes in Radical Prostatectomy Patients

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to establish the impact and efficacy of risk warning nursing in patients after radical prostatectomy. A cross-sectional study employed clinical information from 78 patients with prostate cancer seen at our hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 2021 and January 2023. For this purpose, patients were conveniently divided into an observation group of 39 patients and a control group comprising 39 patients using a random number table. The observation group received the risk warning nursing beside the routine representing nursing while the control group only received the routine nursing. Before and after performing the certain types of nursed interventions, the following indicators were evaluate the effectiveness of nursing: nursing efficacy, side effects of medication, patients’ anxiety rate represented by SAS scores, patients’ depression rate assessed by SDS scores, quality of life QLQ-C30 scores. The total effective nursing rate of the observation group was 94.87% higher than 74.36% of the control group, the difference being a statistically worthy one at a level of P < 0.05. After the intervention, both groups had a decrease in the SAS and SDS score (P < 0.05), which was significantly higher in the observation group when compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the observation group received statistically higher functional and overall health rating and statistically lower symptom ratings compared to the control group (<0.05). In the observation group, the complication rate was 5.13%, significantly lower than that of the 20.51 observed in the control group (P < 0.05). In addition, nursing satisfaction was significantly higher in the observation group (94.87%) than the control group (71.79 %) P< 0.05. In conclusion, risk warning nursing seriously contributes to the quality of aftercare following radical prostatectomy by improving urinary control, anxiety and depression, complication rates and patient quality of life. This approach fosters a recovery process and enhances the donor-recipient relationship, and provides a useful reference model of postoperative care for patients with prostate cancer.