Abstract
Objective: This study is to assess the application value of information-based health education and continuity of care in patients with PU (peptic ulcer).Methods: Patients (116) with PU who have been treated in the hospital between January 2019 and October 2020 were taken as research objects and equally assigned to a control group and an observation group in a random manner. In contrast to the routine care applied to the control group, the observation group received information-based health education and continuity of care intervention. The clinical efficacy, the mastery of health knowledge, self-care ability, medication compliance, quality of life, mental state, and nursing satisfaction of the two groups were compared.Results: After the intervention, the total effective rate, health knowledge adequate rate, Exercise of Self-Care Agency (ESCA) scores of all dimensions, the MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) scores of all dimensions, medication compliance rate, and total nursing satisfaction of the observation group all notably exceeded those of the control group, with a p < 0.05. Patients of the group with continuity of care intervention showed lower Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) scores, as compared to the group with conventional care (p < 0.05).Conclusion: Information-based health education and continuity of care elevates the medication adherence and nursing satisfaction of patients with PU, enhances disease-related knowledge of patients and their self-care ability, and eventually ameliorates the quality of life and psychological state. It is worthy of clinical application.
Highlights
Peptic ulcer (PU), characterized by a long course of the disease and higher relapse, is a common disease in gastroenterology, among which gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer are the most predominant ones [1]
Inclusion criteria were as follows: [1] the patient met with the diagnostic criteria of PU [11]; [2] the diameter of the ulcer was >2 cm and the number of ulcers did not exceed 2; [3] the patients did not tend to hemorrhage throughout the body; [4] the patients had no mental illness, no cognitive or communication disorders; [5] the information of the patients was true and complete; and [6] patients with acute bleeding
The patients after the intervention showed a higher outcome in all dimensions and the total scores of Exercise of Self-Care Agency (ESCA) (p < 0.05)
Summary
Peptic ulcer (PU), characterized by a long course of the disease and higher relapse, is a common disease in gastroenterology, among which gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer are the most predominant ones [1]. Health Education in PU Patients schemes and ameliorate the quality of care for a better therapeutic effect of patients with PU. With the rapid development of information technology, information-based health education, with flexible and diverse forms of education and comprehensive content, is increasingly and widely used in clinical practice. It has achieved promising results in the nursing process of various chronic diseases [10].
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