Effect of family participation and health education mode on rehabilitation of depressive patients

Abstract

Objective To discuss the effect of family participation and health education mode on rehabilitation of depressive patients.Methods One-hundred patients with depression were randomly divided into the experimental and the control group.Both groups received the same health education contents,and the experimental group received family participation and extended health education to six months after discharge in addition.Medication compliance,disease recurrence and changes in quality of life were observed and compared between two groups.Results On the 26th week after discharge,the number of patients taking medicine actively and correctly,taking medicine irregularly,taking medicine passively and taking no medicine was respectively 42,1,6 and 1 in the experimental group,and 12,15,17 and 6 in the control group.There was one patient in the experimental group and 9 in the control group who had recurrence of depression and been hospitalized.The differences were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).The total score of QOL-P was (59.12 ± 6.54) in the experimental group and (82.04 ± 18.76) in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant (t =8.159,P ＜0.01).Conclusions Family participation and health education can significantly increase the medication compliance of depressive patients,reduce their relapse rate and improve their quality of life. Key words: Depression ; Rehabilitation ; Health education; Family member