Preventive effects of early functional exercise and health education nursing intervention guided by health belief model on lower extremity deep venous thrombosis after hip and knee joint replacement in middle-aged and elderly patients

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the preventive effects of early functional exercise and health education nursing intervention guided by health belief model on deep vein thrombosis(DVT)in middle-aged and elderly patients with hip and knee joint replacement. Methods A total of 98 patients who underwent hip and knee arthroplasty were included in the study.They were divided into two groups according to the randomized principle of the block, with 49 patients in each group.The control group only received routine postoperative care, while the observation group applied early functional exercise and health education model as the guiding health education model.The effects of two groups of different nursing applications were evaluated. Results The disease-related knowledge awareness scores and hip-knee joint function scores of the observation group were higher than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). The incidence of deep venous thrombosis was lower than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusions Early functional exercise combined with health belief model guided by hip and knee joint replacement in middle-aged and elderly patients can effectively prevent postoperative deep venous thrombosis of lower extremity, and its clinical application value is significant. Key words: Early functional exercise; Health belief model; Health education; Lower extremity deep venous thrombosis