Abstract
Objective To explore the effects of home care on pulmonary alveolar proteinosis patients. Methods The 24 cases of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) patients were divided into observation group and the control group on average. The patients of observation group received after discharge home care including health education, outpatient visits, telephone follow-up and on-site visits while the patients of control group had no this kind of interventions. Dyspnea index, six-minute walk test, pulmonary function tests and body mass index were compared between two groups after discharge. Results The dyspnea evaluation scores were (1.31±1.07), (1.29±0.62) and (1.21±0.83) at 4, 8, 12 weeks after discharged in the observation group and all were better than that of the control group (t=6.438, 6.897, 8.572; P 0.05). Conclusions The implementation of home care can improve the PAP patients′ six-minute walk test distance and lung function, and reduce the patients with dyspnea index. Key words: Rehabilitation; Home care; Aerosol inhalation; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
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