Artikel: Effects of nursing intervention models on social adaption capability development in preschool children with malignant tumors: a randomized control trial

Methods: Inpatient preschool children with malignant tumors admitted to the hospital between December 2009 and March 2012 were recruited and randomized into either the experimental or con- trol groups. The control group received routine nursing care, and the experimental group received family-centered nursing care, including physical, psychological, and social interventions. The Infants-Junior Middle School Student’s Social-Life Abilities Scale was used to evaluate SAC develop- ment of participants.

Results: Participants (n = 240) were recruited and randomized into two groups. After the interven- tion, the excellent and normal SAC rates were 27.5% and 55% in the experimental group, respec- tively, compared with 2.5% and 32.5% in the control group (p < 0.001). After the intervention, SAC in experimental group was improved compared with before intervention (54.68 ± 10.85 vs 79.9 ± 22.3, p < 0.001). However, no differences in SAC were observed between baseline and after in- tervention in the control group (54.70 ± 11.47 vs. 52 ± 15.8, p = 0.38).

Conclusion: The family-centered nursing care model that included physical, psychological, and so- cial interventions improved the SAC of children with malignancies compared with children receiving routine nursing care. Establishing a standardized family–school–community–hospital hierarchical multi-management intervention model for children is important to the efficacy of long-term interven- tions and to the improvement of SAC of children with malignancies.