Analysis of the current situation and intervention strategies for the healthcare of disabled cancer patients based on health education in the home network hospital

Project grouping	Number of examples	Percentage (%)
Sex
Female	45	40.18
Male	67	59.80
Age (years)
40–50	18	16.07
50–60	35	31.30
60–70	59	52.68
Educational attainment
Primary and below	52	46.43
Junior high school	27	24.11
High school	22	19.64
College and above	11	9.82
Residency
Residence with spouse	70	62.50
Residence with children	38	33.93
Live alone	4	3.57
Tumor staging
TI period	46	41.07
Phase TII	66	58.93
Treatment
Radiation and chemotherapy	72	61.29
Immunotherapy	14	12.50
Targeted therapies	26	23.21
Economic status (annual income)
<20,000	26	23.21
20,000–50,000	67	59.82
>50,000	19	16.96
Types of complications
Hasn’t	77	68.75
I species	25	22.32
Species II	10	8.93
Venous thrombosis
Low risk	87	77.68
Critical	18	16.07
High risk	7	6.25
Nausea and vomiting
Neither	56	50.50
Only disgusting	47	41.96
Nausea and vomiting	9	8.04

Table 2.

Comparison of ADLs, caregiver caregiving burden in the 2 groups before intervention.

Sports event	Intervention group (n = 56)	Control group (n = 56)	t/z value	P
ADL M (P25, P75)	55 (40, 60)	55 (40, 60)	–0.811	0.501
ZBI (x ± s)	38.77 ± 2.842	39.27 ± 2.377	–1.019	0.298

1 Note: ADLs, activities of daily living; ZBI, Zarit Burden Interview.

Table 3.

Comparison of SF-36 scores on each dimension between the 2 groups of patients before intervention (x ± s).

Dimension (math.)	Intervention group (n = 56)	Control group (n = 56)	t/z value	P
PF	37.598 ± 11.898	36.945 ± 12.163	0.287	0.775
Physiological functions (RP)	4.450 ± 7.329	5.140 ± 8.122	–0.480	0.632
BP	79.998 ± 21.843	86.975 ± 19.967	–1.764	0.081
GH status	36.875 ± 5.012	37.163 ± 4.883	–0.308	0.759
VT	46.780 ± 8.897	44.989 ± 7.942	1.144	0.255
SF	36.123 ± 8.014	38.024 ± 9.814	–1.123	0.264
Emotional function (RE)	52.91 ± 24.84	43.01 ± 23.083	–0.924	0.359
MH	58.870 ± 8.437	57.479 ± 8.034	0.909	0.365
Health changes	16.13 ± 15.205	18.55 ± 17.309	0.521	0.468

1 Note: BP, body pain, GH, general health, MH, mental health, PF, physical functioning, SF, social functioning, VT, vitality.

Table 4.

ADL caregiving burden score after 3 months and 6 months of intervention for both groups of patients.

Sports event	Intervention group		Control subjects
	3 months of intervention (n = 30)	6 months of intervention (n = 25)	3 months of intervention (n = 30)	6 months of intervention (n = 24)
ADL M (P25, P75)	70 (55, 75)^1,2	75 (62, 80)^1,2	60 (50, 70)¹	60 (53, 75)^2,3
Burden of care (x ± s)	29.86 ± 3,576^1,2	24.76 ± 3.446^1,2,3	34.98 ± 3.977²	33.16 ± 4.882²

1 Note: ADL, activities of daily living;

11 Indicates P < 0.05 for each of the same time points in the intervention and control groups;

12 Indicates P < 0.05 for 3 months and 6 months of intervention compared with pre-intervention;

13 Indicates P < 0.05 for comparison of 3 months of intervention with 6 months of intervention.

Table 5.

Comparison of scores of quality of life dimensions after 3 months and 6 months of intervention between the 2 groups (x ± s).

Sports event	Intervention group		Control subjects
	3 months of intervention (n = 30)	6 months of intervention (n = 25)	3 months of intervention (n = 30)	6 months of intervention (n = 24)
Bodily function	41.880 ± 07.982¹	42.690 ± 08.862^1,2,3	38.160 ± 07.943	42.550 ± 09.014
Physiological function	44.040 ± 18.954^1,2	49.980 ± 18.715^1,2	31.650 ± 17.962²	36.013 ± 19.43²
Pain in the body	86.598 ± 12.655²	91.743 ± 16.346²	83.862 ± 12.547²	87.258 ± 10.044²
GH status	39.340 ± 05.040²	41.480 ± 05.854^1,2,3	37.050 ± 07.712	37.870 ± 08.132
Energies	52.120 ± 07.013^1,2	57.120 ± 05.140^1,2,3	47.010 ± 08.658	48.440 ± 07.124²
Social function	44.989 ± 10.253^1,2	45.178 ± 10.446^1,2	36.768 ± 09.345	35.610 ± 08.732
Emotional function	57.398 ± 18.704¹	69.010 ± 17.984^1,2,3	46.985 ± 26.695²	52.943 ± 20.142^2,3
MH	60.006 ± 07.132	66.981 ± 07.941^1,2,3	56.130 ± 08.903	61.584 ± 10.432
Health changes	28.010 ± 16.989^1,2	33.021 ± 15.010^1,2,3	19.131 ± 23.869	28.880 ± 14.886^2,3

1 Note: GH, general health; MH, mental health;

11 Indicates P < 0.05 for each of the same time points in the intervention and control groups;

12 Indicates P < 0.05 for 3 months and 6 months of intervention compared with pre-intervention;

13 Indicates P < 0.05 for comparison of 3 months of intervention with 6 months of intervention.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2025-0061 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

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Language: English

Page range: 555 - 563

Submitted on: Jan 7, 2025

Accepted on: Feb 25, 2025

Published on: Jan 27, 2026

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

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Keywords:

daily living,

disabled oncology patients,

healthcare,

home network hospitals,

nursing interventions

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