Effect of family nursing intervention on constipation of patients with acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of family nursing intervention on constipation of patients with acute myocardial infarction.Methods Totally 312 patients with acute myocardial infarction were investigated retrospectively in our hospital from January 2007 to January 2012.The patients were divided into two groups according to the date which was January 2010:the observation group (n =147) and the control group (n =165).In each group,70 male patients and 20 female patients were selected randomly.The observation group was given nursing intervention including food guidance,cultivating the awareness of defecation,method of defecation,defecation attendance,proper medicine and psychological treatment.To give patients telephone guidance even after they had left hospital.The control group was given routine nursing.The constipation rate and the myocardial infarction rate caused by constipation were recorded.Results There were 11 patients of constipation happened in the observation group,and 2 patients had myocardial infarction induced by constipation.In the control group there were 23 patients happened constipation and 7 patients had myocardial infarction,and 1 patient died because of myocardial infarction.There were statistics differences between the two groups in the rate of constipation (x2 =5.22,P ＜ 0.025) and in the rate of myocardial infarction induced by constipation (x2 =27.70,P ＜ 0.005).Conclusions Family nursing intervention can reduce the constipation rate of acute myocardial infarction patients and reduce the recur rate of acute myocardial infarction,it can increase patients'life quality and reduce the rate of sudden death. Key words: Nursing intervention; Acute myocardial infarction; Constipation