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REVIEW article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Gynecological Oncology
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1461296

Effectiveness of Continuity of Care in Postoperative Patients with Cervical Cancer: A systematic Evaluation and Meta-analysis of a

Provisionally accepted
Wenfeng Fu Wenfeng Fu *Qiannan Xu Qiannan Xu *Haizhen Lu Haizhen Lu *Yuanyuan Yang Yuanyuan Yang *Yanxue Zheng Yanxue Zheng
  • Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China

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    Objective: To analyze the effect of implementing continuity of care for postoperative patients with cervical cancer, to improve the continuity of care model in China, and to provide comprehensive, continuous, and personalized care services for patients. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, China Knowledge Network, Wanfang database, China Biomedical sources Service System, Wipro, Cochrane Library, Embase, and other databases were searched for relevant sources on the effect of continuity of care on postoperative cervical cancer patients. The Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Evaluation and Revman 5.3 software was used to evaluate the quality of the retrieved sources and perform meta-analysis. Results: Compared with the control group, extended care could improve patients' quality of life [SMD=1.35,95%CI(1.05,1.64), P<0.05], alleviate patients' postoperative anxiety [SMD=-0.92,95%CI(-1.85,0.00), P<0.05] and postoperative depression [SMD=-1.15,95% CI(-1.35,-0.95), P<0.05]. Conclusion: The use of continuity of care form has an important role in improving the quality of life of cervical cancer patients and improving negative emotions.

    Keywords: cervical cancer, continuity of care, randomized controlled trial, Meta-analysis, nursing care

    Received: 08 Jul 2024; Accepted: 19 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Fu, Xu, Lu, Yang and Zheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Wenfeng Fu, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
    Qiannan Xu, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
    Haizhen Lu, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
    Yuanyuan Yang, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China

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