Optimized ideas of traditional Chinese medical nursing plan for heart failure: multi-central large sample analysis

Abstract

Objective Based on the multi-central large sample statistics, the implementation effect of traditional Chinese medical(TCM)nursing plan for heart failure in China was obtained, further optimizing 'the TCM nursing plan on patients with heart failure (trial)’. Methods Eight thousand five hundred and thirty heart failure patients were selected from 71 hospitals in China such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and so on during the period from November 2013 to October 2015. Clinical nursing staff of each center evaluated heart failure patients with ′effect evaluation form of heart failure TCM nursing′issued by the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine after the implementation of the plan. The evaluation results were summarized and analyzed in the form of feedback. The data was analyzed in the descriptive statistical analysis method, described in the form of percentage and composition ratio, and the feedback was discussed. Results In the 7 185 patients whose syndromes were consistent with the plan, the ratio of the chronic stable stage and the acute exacerbation was 4.88∶1. There were 1 345 patients whose syndromes were inconsistent with the plan, accounting for 16% of the total number of the patients in the same period. There were 16 new symptoms which were not included in the plan. Conclusions Improving relevant methods and optimizing the plan make 'the TCM nursing plan on patients with heart failure (trial)’become a professional, technical and scientific guide book, guiding clinical nurses more accurately. Key words: Heart failure; Traditional Chinese medical nursing plan; Optimizing ideas; Multi-center study