Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In order to better alleviate the pain symptoms of patients with advanced cancer, this study adopts image detection and analysis and hospice nurse mediated aromatherapy, so as to comprehensively understand the physical condition of patients with advanced cancer and finally implement the nursing scheme of aromatherapy. METHODS: Sixty advanced cancer patients admitted to a tertiary and grade A oncology hospital in Jiangxi Province from December 2020 to March 2022 were selected. This study was randomized into trial and control groups. The control group contained 30 regular treatment patients and 30 regular nursing patients for advanced cancer patients, and the trial group performed a 28-day hospice care specialist nurse-mediated aromatherapy based on the control group. Pain and quality of life scores were measured before and after the intervention in both groups. The experimental group consisted of 30 cases, with the mean age of 58.2 years; the control group consisted of 30 cases, with the mean age of 58.6 years. RESULTS: 60 patients with advanced cancer were selected for group comparison. The results showed that the effect of aromatherapy mediated by hospice nurse on pain score, QLQ-C30, index value of patients with advanced cancer (the experimental group) was better than that of patients with advanced cancer (the control group). CONCLUSION: Through retrospective analysis, we investigated the patients with advanced cancer and discussed the difference between conventional therapy and aromatherapy. The results showed that aromatherapy based on image detection and analysis and mediated by Anning nurses was helpful to alleviate the physical function of patients with advanced cancer and improve their quality of life, which provided a reference for clinical application.