Abstract
Objective To evaluate the influencing factors of compliance and the compliance changes before and after intervention on chronic hepatitis B patients who oral nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA), by using the continuing care service items provided by WeChat platform. Methods A total of 67 patients with chronic hepatitis B were selected from January 2013 to June 2015. WeChat health care teams and WeChat groups were established to conduct continuing care intervention for 6 months by providing services, such as authoritative scientific diagnosis and treatment information, online consulting service, expert outpatient appointment, etc. Results The score of Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) in patients of different culture levels of illiteracy (4.75±2.20) points, primary school or junior high school graduate (5.73±1.87) points,high school or vocational school graduate (6.31±1.45) points,university diploma and above (7.24±1.23) points were significant difference (χ2=22.113, P 0.05) both in combination or non-combination. Compared to 6.45±1.69 of pre-intervention, the total compliance score 6.86±1.53 showed significant increased after intervention (Z=-2.551, P < 0.05), and the number of people with high compliance after the intervention increased while the number of people with middle and low compliance after the intervention decreased, and significant differencewas observed in two groups (χ2=9.521, P<0.01). Conclusions After the intervention of continuing care based on WeChat platform, the patients’ compliance with nucleoside antiviral drugs were significant improvement than those of pre-intervention. Key words: Hepatitis B, chronic; Patient compliance; WeChat platform; Continuing nursing
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