H2H rehabilitation care promotes high quality recovery of patients with lung cancer comorbid with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

H2H is a patient and family-centered approach that integrates hospital and home care, emphasizing continuity, individualized rehabilitation training, and the active participation of patients and their families. However, it is still unclear whether H2H improves the efficacy for patients with COPD and lung cancer. This study investigated the efficacy of Hospital-to-Home (H2H) rehabilitation nursing for lung cancer patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We conducted a retrospective analysis to the clinical data of 95 patients treated in the Pingdingshan University Medical College from January 2018 to January 2020. We compared the effects of conventional nursing (control group, n=45) and H2H nursing (observation group, n=50) on the clinical efficacy for the patients. In this study, after nursing intervention, the quality of life and adverse emotions in the observation group were significantly improved compared to the control group (P<0.0001). Moreover, the lung function and blood oxygen saturation of patients in the H2H nursing model improved after the intervention (P<0.0001). In addition, there was no difference in the 3-year survival rate between the control group and the observation group (P=0.260). Multivariate COX regression analysis showed that the nursing scheme had no effect on the patients' 3-year survival, but the SAS score, SDS score, and CEA were independent prognostic factors affecting the 3-year survival rate (P<0.05). These results demonstrate that H2H rehabilitation care significantly improves the quality of life, emotional health, and lung function of patients with COPD and lung cancer, but does not affect the patients' 3-year survival rate.