Influences of family-centered health education on compliance of segregation in children with respiratory infectious disease

Abstract

Objective To explore the influences of family-centered health education on compliance of segregation in children with respiratory infectious disease. Methods The patients of observation group received family-centered health education and included 247 children with respiratory infectious disease who were hospitalized in Hu′nan Children′s Hospital from August to December in 2014 and their parents. The patients of control group received normal health education and included 285 children with respiratory infectious disease who were hospitalized from January to July in 2014 and their parents. The compliance of segregation of the children and their parents were compared between two groups. Results The cognition of the awareness, category and requirement of the segregation, as well as parents′ effective segregate practice of the observation group were significantly higher than that of the control group (χ2=38.7, 57.71, 30.36; P<0.01). Conclusions Family-centered health education can highly improve the compliance of segregation in children with respiratory infectious disease. It can also prevent cross infection and ensure children′s health. Key words: Health education; Children; Parent; Respiratory infectious disease; Compliance; Family-centered care