Effects of visualization health education of diet in patients with esophageal stenting

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of visualization health education of diet on diet compliance in with esophageal stenting. Methods A total of 56 esophageal neoplasms patients with esophageal stenting at Nanxishan Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were selected from January 2012 to June 2016. They were randomly divided into observation group and control group, 28 patients in each group. Patients in the control group received routine health education on diet knowledge, while patients in the observation group were provided with diet health education knowledge cards. Intervention time included the day been admitted to hospital, the day of surgery, one day after surgery and before leaving hospital. This study compared the diet compliance and the incidence of complications of patients between two groups. Results The diet compliance of patients in the observation group was better than that of the control group with a significant difference (P<0.01) . The incidence of pectoralgia, fecal occult blood, stent displacement or abscission and gastroesophageal reflux of patients in the observation group was 57.1%, 53.6%, 3.6%, 14.3% lower than those (92.9%, 82.1%, 28.6%, 57.1%) of the control group with significant differences (P<0.01) . Conclusions Nurisng of visualization health education can effectively improve the diet compliance of patients with esophageal stenting and reduce the incidence of complications after esophageal stenting. Key words: Esophageal neoplasms; Health education; Diet; Stents; Compliance behavior