Effects of experiential health education on coronary heart disease patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the effects of experiential health education on the compliance with blood fat and blood glucose control and self-management levels in patients with coronary heart disease. Methods Totally 244 coronary heart disease patients hospitalized in the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University between June and December 2018 were randomly selected and stratified into experimental group (n=120) and control (n=124) groups according to the random number table. Patients in the experimental group received both conventional and experiential health education for coronary heart disease, while patients in the control group received conventional health education. They were investigated with the General Information Questionnaire and Coronary Self-management Scale (CSMS) , fasting blood glucose, 2 hours postprandial blood glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein after intervention. Results After intervention, CSMS score of the experimental group was (74.23±3.11) , which was higher than the control group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05) . After intervention, except the total cholesterol, the difference between the two groups of the rest of the biochemical indexes was statistically significant (P<0.05) . Conclusions Compared with conventional health education, experiential health education can improve the self-management level of coronary heart diseases patients and facilitate their control of biochemical indexes. Key words: Coronary artery disease; Health education; Experiential learning