Education model based on health conscious theory on self-efficacy and quality of life among patients with acute pancreatitis during rehabilitation

Abstract

Objective To explore the education model based on health conscious theory on self-efficacy and quality of life among patients with acute pancreatitis during rehabilitation. Methods From April 2017 and April 2018, we selected 96 acute pancreatitis inpatients with stable stage in Department of Gastroenterology at Wuxi Second People's Hospital as subjects by convenience sampling. All of the patients were divided into experimental group (n=49) and control group (n=47) with the method of the random number table. Patients of control group received routine health education, and patients of experimental group were treated with the health education based on the health conscious theory lasting for one month after discharge. Self-efficacy and quality of life of patients between two groups were compared with the Self-efficacy Evaluation Scale and Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) before and after intervention. The readmission rates of two groups were compared. Results One month after discharge, the total scores of self-efficacy and quality of life of patients in experimental group were (21.54±2.73) and (638.21±18.23) respectively, higher than those in control group with statistical differences (t=10.693, 7.284; P<0.05) . The admission rates because of recurrent acute pancreatitis of patients in experimental group and control group were [6.12% (3/49) ]and [17.02% (8/47) ]respectively with a statistical difference (χ2=4.376, P<0.05) . Conclusions Education model based on health conscious theory can effectively improve the self-efficacy and quality of life of acute pancreatitis patients during rehabilitation. Key words: Quality of life; Health conscious theory; Education model; Pancreatitis, acute; Self-efficacy