• Xiuju Cheng, Shougang Wei, Huapeng Zhang, Senyao Xue, Wei Wang, and Kaikai Zhang.
• Department of Public Health Department of Pediatric Internal Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Department of General Surgery Department of Interventional Therapy, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Qingzhou City, Shandong, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Aug 1; 97 (34): e12037e12037.

BackgroundTo compare the quality of life outcome between nurse-led and non-nurse-led interventions for patients with cancer using a meta-analysis.MethodsA systematic literature review was performed by searching randomized controlled trials about nurse-led interventions in PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases until June 2017. Pooled summary estimates for quality of life outcome was calculated as standardized mean difference (SMD) either on a fixed- or random-effect model via Stata 13.0 software.ResultsSeven literatures involving 1110 patients (554 in the nurse-led group and 556 in the control group) were included. Pooled analysis showed there were no differences in the global quality of life, cognitive, emotional, role, social and physical functions, appetite loss, diarrhea, and dyspnea scales of Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 version 3.0 core (QLQ-C30) questionnaires between the nurse-led and control groups. However, the nurse-led management program significantly decreased the occurrence of constipation (SMD = -0.36, 95% CI = -0.71 to -0.00; P = .001) and insomnia (SMD = -0.33, 95% CI = -0.99 to 0.32; P = .011) and reduced the financial difficulty (SMD = -0.34, 95% CI = -0.65 to -0.03; P = .033) for patients with cancer.ConclusionThe nurse-led disease management strategy seemed to be effective to improve constipation, insomnia, and financial impacts for patients with cancer in quality of life assessment.

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