Implementation of Watson's Caring Model in Nursing to Improve Self-Esteem, Depression, and Resilience in Patients after Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Study.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the impact of Watson's Caring Model in Nursing (WCMN) on self-esteem, depression, resilience, quality of life, and patient satisfaction as well as determine potential outcome differences between patients receiving this personalised nursing care model and those provided with standard nursing care.

Methods: This retrospective study included 113 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy at our hospital from January 2023 to June 2023. According to the type of care received, the patients were categorised into a traditional nursing group (n = 67) and a WCMN group (n = 46). Data collected from the patients included demographic information and the measurements of self-esteem (Self-Esteem Scale), depression (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale), resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), and quality of life (Short Form 12) at baseline and 1 week post-surgery.

Results: The WCMN group showed a significant increase in follow-up self-esteem scores compared to those in the traditional nursing group (t = 2.547, p = 0.012). Additionally, the WCMN group exhibited significantly lower follow-up depression scores (t = 2.035, p = 0.044) and higher resilience scores (t = 2.046, p = 0.044) and quality of life scores (t = 2.100, p = 0.038) than the traditional nursing group. Lastly, patient satisfaction scores, including overall satisfaction, nursing care satisfaction, information satisfaction, emotional support satisfaction, and involvement satisfaction scores, were significantly higher in the WCMN group than in the traditional nursing group (p < 0.05).

Conclusions: WCMN has a beneficial effect on self-esteem, depression, resilience, quality of life, and patient satisfaction in patients who undergo radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.