Influence of health education pathway on self care ability and quality of life for postoperative laryngeal carcinoma patients

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of health education path on self care ability and quality of life for postoperative laryngeal carcinoma patients. Methods Totals of 86 patients with laryngeal cancer resection were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, with 43 cases in each group. The control group was treated with conventional rehabilitation nursing after operation, and the observation group was treated with health education pathway based on the routine rehabilitation nursing. The self care ability and quality of life of two groups were evaluated by the Exercise of Self-Care Agency Scale（ESCA） and Quality of Life Scale （QOL）. Results Before carrying out the health education, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in ESCA score （ t = 0. 037, P = 0. 920） and QOL score （ t = 0. 291, P = 0. 604）. The ESCA total scores showed that the patients in the observation group had higher self care ability than that in the control group after the implementation of health education [ （ 120.7 ± 11.5 ） vs （ 106.0 ± 10.6 ） ], and the difference was statistically significant （t = 5.059 ,P = 0. 028 ）. The QOL total scores revealed that the patients in the observation group had better quality of life than that in the control group after the implementation of health education[（40.0 ± 5.5 ） vs （ 33.7 ± 5.3 ） ], and the difference was statistically significant （ t = 4. 092, P = 0. 029）. Conclusions To strengthen health education can improve the self care ability of postoperative patients with laryngeal carcinoma and improve the quality of life. Key words: Health education; Laryngeal neoplasm; Quality of life; Self care ability