Effect of health education pathway in pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of health education pathway on reducing the recurrence rate in pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome. Methods A total of 102 pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome in nephrology department of Children′s Hospital of Zhengzhou from June 2013 to June 2015 were selected and randomly divided into observation group (n=51, routine health education + systemic health education pathway) and control group (n=51, routine health education) . The cognition on diseases of the pediatric patient and their parents along with the nursing behavior for PNS of their parents were investigated with the self-made PNS health education impact assessment questionnaire and the nursing behavior for PNS of the parent questionnaire. Moreover, the recurrence rate in pediatric patients was also compared between two groups. Results Followed up for one and a half years, the recurrence rate of nephrotic syndrome of pediatric patients was 33.3% in observation and 74.5% in control group with a significant difference (χ2=7.58, P<0.05) . Conclusions The implementation of health education pathway can reduce the recurrence rate in pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome. Key words: Nephrotic syndrome; Health education pathway; Recurrence rate