Effect of Telenursing on Life Quality and Care Burden of Caregivers in Patients Undergoing Bladder Tumor Resection through Duct

Introduction: Bladder cancer is a disease that significantly influences life quality. It is necessary to have continuous training and care of the patient and family after discharge to care for the patients undergoing bladder tumor resection through the duct. The present study aimed to determine the effect of telemedicine on the care burden of caregivers and the life quality of patients undergoing bladder tumor resection through the duct (TURBT).Methods: The present quasi-experimental research was conducted in the format of before and after. Twenty-five patients undergoing bladder tumor resection through the duct (TURBT) received distance training from a nurse for three months. Data were collected using the 36-SF life quality questionnaire and Guest Novak care burden and analyzed in SPSS version 25 by paired T-test, Wilcoxon and Spearman, and Pearson correlation coefficients.Results: The mean rank of the quality score after the intervention was higher than before the intervention, and the difference between the mean score of the life quality was significant (P-value 0.05) before and after the distance nursing intervention. There was also a significant difference between care load before and after the intervention (P-value 0.05), so the mean of patients’ life quality reached 11.08 to 13.61, and the mean of their care burden pressure reached 2.27 to 3.78 after the intervention.Conclusion: The findings represented the alternations in improving the life quality and care burden caused by telenursing in TURBT patients. Therefore, telenursing has been a suitable method for training and continuous care in TURBT patients, which is especially recommended during the epidemic of infectious diseases.