Davidson Anna, Williams Julia
PG Diploma Student Nurse (Adult), Bucks New University, Uxbridge.
Senior Lecturer (Adult), PG Dip Programme Lead, Bucks New University, Uxbridge.
Br J Nurs. 2019 Feb 14;28(3):180-184. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2019.28.3.180.
: to explore the factors affecting quality of life in patients who experience facial disfigurement resulting from surgical treatment for head and neck cancer.
: the number of people diagnosed with head and neck cancers has been rising over the past 30 years. This, combined with the improved survivorship of cancer patients, has led to a need to understand how these patients adapt to the physical, social and emotional toll of cancer and facial disfigurement and how these affect quality of life.
: a systematic search of four nursing and psychological-focused databases was undertaken using pertinent keywords.
: following a thematic analysis, four main themes and one subtheme emerged; changes within the self, social support; social reintegration; and help from healthcare professionals, which had the subtheme of information.
: facial disfigurement has a significant effect on patients' quality of life. Nurses are ideally placed to identify, inform and support patients and their family and friends.
探讨影响因头颈癌手术治疗导致面部毁容患者生活质量的因素。
在过去30年里，被诊断出头颈癌的人数一直在上升。这与癌症患者存活率的提高相结合，导致有必要了解这些患者如何适应癌症和面部毁容带来的身体、社会和情感负担，以及这些如何影响生活质量。
使用相关关键词对四个以护理和心理为重点的数据库进行系统检索。
经过主题分析，出现了四个主要主题和一个子主题；自我内部的变化、社会支持、社会重新融入以及来自医护人员的帮助，后者有信息这一子主题。
面部毁容对患者的生活质量有重大影响。护士处于理想位置来识别、告知并支持患者及其家人和朋友。
