Effect of graphical health education on treatment compliance and prevalence of complications in school-age children with thalassemia major

CHEN Shuxian; YANG Daoan; WU Yanping; LAI Guanxiu; LIU Lianqiao

doi:10.12104/j.issn.1674-4748.2019.03.005

Abstract：Objective:To explore the effect of graphic health education on the compliance of treatment and the incidence of complications in school-age children with thalassemia major.Methods:45 cases of patients with thalassemia major were randomly divided into a control group (n=22) and an observation group (n=23) according to a random number table from December 2015 to December 2017.The control group was received with routine treatment during the treatment period and observation group was received with performed graphical and graphical health education during the treatment period.The changes of self-efficacy, psychological status, and disease knowledge before and after the intervention of two groups were compared.The treatment compliance rates, incidence of complications and satisfaction of family members of the two groups were recorded.Results:The scores of self-efficacy and disease knowledge of observation group were higher than control group (P＜0.05), while the scores of the depression self-assessment scale (CDI) and the children′s anxiety scale (SCAS) of observation group were significantly lower than control group (P＜0.05).The treatment compliance rate and family satisfaction rate of observation group were significantly higher than control group (P＜0.05), and complication rate was lower than control group (P＜0.05).Conclusions:Graphical health education can effectively improve the self-efficacy and disease knowledge of children with thalassemia major in school age, relieve anxiety and depression in children, improve the compliance behavior of children, reduce the complications of children, and promote the development of children.Prognosis, improve family satisfaction.