Salman Saraç Filiz, Erkal İlhan Sibel, Kutun Suat, Kutlutürkan Sevinç
Department of Surgical Nursing Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Health Sciences, Isparta, Turkey.
Department of Nursing Haliç University Faculty of Health Sciences, İstanbul, Turkey.
Eur J Breast Health. 2024 Jul 1;20(3):207-214. doi: 10.4274/ejbh.galenos.2024.2024-3-9.
To evaluate the effect of mobile app-based educational information on anxiety, distress, and quality of life in patients with breast cancer (BC).
This mobile app was designed to assist patients before and after BC surgery. This randomized controlled study was conducted between April and August 2021. The intervention group ( = 42) received routine care and access to the mobile app for one month, while the control group ( = 40) received only routine care. Data were collected using questionnaires one week before and three weeks after surgery.
The patients in the intervention group, after using the mobile app, had significantly lower anxiety and distress levels than those in the control group (<0.05). However, there was no difference between the two groups regarding overall quality of life and subscale mean scores (>0.05).
These findings suggest that using informative mobile apps starting before surgery can effectively reduce anxiety and distress in the early periods after surgery. Although the impact on overall quality of life was insignificant, such interventions may have long-term positive effects on quality of life.
评估基于移动应用程序的教育信息对乳腺癌（BC）患者焦虑、痛苦和生活质量的影响。
该移动应用程序旨在辅助BC手术前后的患者。这项随机对照研究于2021年4月至8月进行。干预组（n = 42）接受常规护理并使用该移动应用程序一个月，而对照组（n = 40）仅接受常规护理。在手术前一周和手术后三周使用问卷收集数据。
干预组患者在使用移动应用程序后，焦虑和痛苦水平显著低于对照组（P<0.05）。然而，两组在总体生活质量和分量表平均得分方面没有差异（P>0.05）。
这些发现表明，在手术前开始使用信息丰富的移动应用程序可以有效降低术后早期的焦虑和痛苦。尽管对总体生活质量的影响不显著，但此类干预可能对生活质量产生长期积极影响。
