Application of personalized health education on patients with lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans during their preoperative period

Abstract

Objective To explore the application effects of the personalized health education on patients with lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans (AOS) during their preoperative period. Methods 80 patients with lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans were randomly divided into the intervention group (n=40) and the control group (n=40) during June to December 2014. Based on the conventional health education, the intervention group received additional personalized health education. The participants were questionnaire surveyed to investigated their knowledge of the AOS and interventional therapy before the intervention and the discharge. Furthermore, the adherence and relapse conditions were also studied by the telephone follow-up after three months of their discharge. Results The scores for the intervention group on disease knowledge (2.170±0.319), operation cognition (2.435±0.395), medication knowledge (2.580±0.359), rehabilitation training (2.600±0.386), and psychological conditions (2.685±0.379) were all higher compared to the scores for the control group (t=4.065, 5.253, 4.803, 4.206, 5.445; P 0.05). Conclusions The application of the personalized health education can significantly enhance the knowledge of disease among patients with lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans during their preoperative period. It can also improve their adherence after discharged from the hospital. Key words: Health education; Lower limbs arteriosclerosis obliterans; Preoperative period; Health education path