To investigate the effect of the IDEAS model in improving perioperative rehabilitation outcomes in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical resection for colorectal cancer.

One hundred patients who underwent robot-assisted radical surgery for colorectal cancer at the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University between July 2024 and October 2025 were selected as subjects and randomly divided into either an experimental group or a control group, with 50 patients in each group. In both groups, routine visits were conducted, and in the experimental group, the IDEAS model was additionally implemented. Physiological stress indicators (heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure), coping styles [Simple Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ)], quality of life (SF-36), complication incidence, and treatment adherence were compared between the two groups.

After the intervention, the experimental group showed significantly lower scores on the negative coping dimension compared to pre-intervention levels, and these scores remained lower than those of the control group (P＜0.001). Conversely, the experimental group demonstrated a significant increase in scores on the positive coping dimension compared to the control group (P＜0.001). The experimental group also achieved higher quality of life scores and better treatment compliance (level 4) than the control group (P＜0.05). Furthermore, physiological stress indicators were more stable in the experimental group than in the control group after the intervention (P＜0.001). Although the experimental group had a lower complication rate than the control group, the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.242).

The IDEAS model not only reduces negative coping levels and stabilizes preoperative physiological stress indicators in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical surgery for colorectal cancer, but also improves their positive coping levels, quality of life, and therapeutic compliance.