Effects of continuous nursing based on mobile health platform on continuous treatment knowledge, attitude and behavior in discharged patients with venous thromboembolism
Qian Yang, Liping Liu, Yao Wang, Ping Huang · Zhonghua xiandai huli zazhi · 2020
Objective To explore the effects of continuous nursing based on mobile health platform on continuous treatment knowledge, attitude and behavior in discharged patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) . Methods From February 2017 to January 2018, this study selected 342 discharged VTE patients at a Class Ⅲ Grade A hospital in Chongqing as subjects by convenience sampling. All of patients were randomly divided into control group (n=169) and observation group (n=173) according to the admission number. Control group carried out the routine discharge health instruction, while observation group implemented continuous rehabilitation nursing instruction based on mobile health platform. The continuous treatment knowledge, attitude and behavior for VTE of patients between two groups were compared with the self-designed continuous treatment questionnaire for discharged VTE patients. Results A total of six months after intervention, the scores of VTE related knowledge, continuous treatment attitude and compliance of observation group were higher than those of control group with statistical differences (P<0.01) . Conclusions Continuous nursing instruction based on mobile health platform for discharged VTE patients is conducive to improving their continuous treatment knowledge, attitude as well as compliance. Key words: Venous thromboembolism; Rehabilitation nursing; Mobile health; Discharged patients; Continuous nursing; Knowledge, attitude, behavior; Health education