Effect of telephone visit for discharged postpartum women

VernacularTitle:产妇出院后实施电话跟踪访问的效果
Author: Xuan ZHAO ¹ ; Chun-Rong CHENG ; Xian-Hong TANG
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1. 安徽省立医院
Keywords: Postpartum women; Telephone visit; Quality of life
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2012;18(26):3150-3152
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the efficacy of telephone visit for discharged postpartum women.Methods Two hundred and twenty postpartum women in Hefei city were randomly selected and divided into two groups.The parturient in the control received routine guidance.In addition to the routine guidance,parturient in the experimental group received telephone visits every week for 4 weeks.The effects were evaluated in the sixth week after discharge.Results Knowledge understanding for the two groups also showed significant difference (89.3％ and 58.4％ for the experimental group and control group respectively; x2 =29.21,P＜0.01 ).Health care and quality of life were improved for the parturient in the experimental group than those in the control group ( P ＜ 0.01 ).Conclusions Telephone visit help the parturient master knowledge and skill for caring and improve their quality of life.