Impact of group education based on transactional analysis model on self-management ability and quality of life of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the influence of group education based on transactional analysis model on self-management ability and quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) . Methods By convenience sampling, COPD patients admitted in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January of 2017 to May of 2018 were selected as research objects and among them, 42 patients admitted from January to August of 2017 were taken as the control group and were given routine health education; 47 patients admitted from September of 2017 to May of 2018 were taken as the observation group and were given group health education underpinned by the transactional analysis model. The COPD patients were compared before and after intervention in terms of the score in Self-management Scale and COPD Assessment Test (CAT) . Results Before intervention, there was no statistical difference between the COPD patients in the two groups in terms of the scores in Self-management Scale and CAT (P<0.05) . After intervention, the scores of each dimension of COPD Self-management Scale in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, and the scores of CAT in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, with statistical significance (P<0.05) . Conclusions Transactional analysis model is conducive to improving the COPD patients' self-management ability and their quality of life. Key words: Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Group education; Transactional analysis; Nursing care