Application of empowerment education concept in the health education for decompensated patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis

Abstract

Objective To explore the empowerment education application effect on the healthy education for patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis. Methods A total of 100 cases of hepatitis B cirrhosis decompensation were selected from January to May 2017 in a ClassⅢ Grade A infectious disease specialist hospital in Nantong with convenience sampling method. All the research subjects were divided into observation group and control group by random number table method, with 50 cases in each group. Routine health guidance of clinical pathway was conducted for the control group, and empowerment education based on routine education was carried out for the observation group. Before and after the intervention, self-management behaviors, the incidence rate of cirrhosis complications and nursing job satisfaction in the two groups were compared respectively. Results There were 1 death case in the observation group and 2 cases discharged after 3 days in the control group during the intervention. Finally, there were 49 cases in the observation group and 48 cases in the control group. The evaluation scores of self-management behaviors which includes diet management, daily life management, medication administration, disease monitoring management were higher than those in the control group. The differences were statistically significant (t=-4.047, -3.635, -3.437, -3.831; P<0.05) . Satisfaction with nursing service which includes service attitude, communication ability, humanistic care and theoretical guidance in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group. The differences were statistically significant (χ2=7.789, 6.804, 6.557, 6.239; P<0.05) . The incidence rate of cirrhosis complications which includes hepatic encephalopathy and electrolyte disorder was lower than that in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (χ2=4.549, 4.401; P<0.05) . Conclusions Empowerment education can improve self-management behavior of patients with hepatitis B cirrhosis and satisfaction, and reduce the incidence rate of complications. Key words: Hepatitis B; Liver cirrhosis; Health education; Decompensation period; Empowerment education