Observation on the effect of health education path in patients with COPD
Shao Hongyan
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the effect of health education path in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods:98 patients with COPD were divided into the observation group(n =50) and the control group(n =48),the variation appeared in 3 cases (2 cases in the observation group and 1 case in the control group),two patients in the observation group quitted,finally 46 cases were in the observation group and 47 cases in the control group.The patients in the control group received routine health education and the patients in the observation group were given health education by primary nurse in accordance with the health education path.The self-care ability and health behavior of the patients were assessed in the two groups on admission and at discharge.Results:The self-care ability,self-responsibility,the awareness of health knowledge and self-concept of the patients significantly improved after the intervention in the two groups compared with those before the intervention (P ＜ 0.05);the improvement of the patients' conditions were better in the observation group than the control group (P ＜ 0.05);the improvement of each dimension like health responsibility,exercise,stress coping and self realization of the patients was better in the observation group compared with the control group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion:Application of health education path can improve self-care ability and health behavior of patients with COPD.
Keywords：COPDHealth education pathSelf-care abilityHealth behavioral level
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 12-14 )