Effects of continuous 4C nursing model on treatment compliance and quality of life of diabetic retinopathy patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of continuous 4C nursing model on treatment compliance and quality of life of diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients, and to provide reference for clinical nursing practice. Methods By convenience sampling, 96 inpatients with diabetic retinopathy in Shenzhen Eye Hospital from September of 2016 to August of 2018 were selected and 2 of them were lost in the follow-up visit. Based on the random number table, they were divided into the control group (n=48) and observation group (n=48) . Conventional nursing approach was adopted in the control group while 4C nursing model was adopted in the observation group. Self-designed Medication Compliance Questionnaire and Chinese-version Low Vision Quality of Life Questionnaire were used in the investigation. The two groups were compared in terms of their treatment compliance and quality of life. Results Before intervention, there was no significant difference in treatment compliance and quality of life scores between the two groups (P>0.05) ; after intervention, the treatment compliance rate of the control group was 60.87%, which was lower than 87.5% of the observation group, with statistical difference (P 0.05) . Six months after intervention, the total score of quality of life in the observation group (80.08 ±5.83) was higher than that in the control group (67.56 ±10.62) , there was significant differences in the quality of life score between the two groups (P<0.05) . Conclusions Continuous 4C nursing model can improve the treatment compliance of diabetic retinopathy patients and improve their quality of life, which is worthy of clinical promotion. Key words: Diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy disease; Treatment compliance; Quality of life; Continuous 4C nursing model