Effectiveness Evaluation of Network Health Education on the Self-management of Women with Breast Cancer

TANG Liyun

Abstract：Objective To investigate the effect of the network psychological health education on the quality of life and the upper limb function of the patients with breast cancer. Methods 90 patients with breast cancer who were treated in the affiliated hospital of a university in Liaoning from February 2011 to December 2013 were selected. They were randomly divided into two groups: intervention group and control group, by using a random number table and with 45 cases in each group. For the patients in the intervention group, the health education was undergone by way of online video centering on the relevant knowledge after the operation. At the same time, breast cancer specialists were arranged for them to perform regular follow-up visits. By contrast, patients in the control group were only given routine health education management, which is to provide the patients with brochures and patients need to learn them by them-selves. Results After 18 months’ experiment, the scores of the Neer, patients’ quality of life and their self-management of the inter-vention group were all higher than that in the control group with statistically significant difference (P<0. 05). Conclusion Network psy-chological education can improve the quality of life of patients with breast cancer, and reduce the incidence of complications.