Effects of Internet + home care platform on continued nursing care for peripherally inserted central catheterization in cancer patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.08.015
- VernacularTitle:互联网+居家照护平台在肿瘤患者PICC导管延续护理中的应用
- Author:
Yuelan QIN
1
;
Xiaomao SHI
;
Yulan HE
;
Zhiqun LIU
Author Information
1. 湖南省人民医院护理部
- Keywords:
Neoplasms;
Peripherally inserted central catheterization;
Continued nursing care;
Internet;
Home care platform
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2019;25(8):986-990
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective? To explore the effects of Internet + home care platform on continued nursing care for peripherally inserted central catheterization (PICC) in cancer patients. Methods? Totally 173 cancer patients who were hospitalized and received PICC in Hu'nan People's Hospital between March and December 2017 were selected using convenient sampling and divided into the control group (n=92) and the home care group (n=81). Patients in the control group received conventional continued nursing care, while patients in the home care group received continued nursing care via the home care platform by following the WeChat account, including on-site catheter maintenance and personalized health education. The cases and frequency of catheter maintenance, patient's knowledge about daily PICC maintenance and the incidence of PICC-related complications from catheterization to catheter removal were compared between the two groups. Results? The incidence rate of complications was lower in the home care group than in the control group, the difference was statistically significant (χ2=5.210, P＜ 0.05); the number and frequency of missing catheter maintenance in the home care group were lower than that of the control group, while the knowledge levels about daily PICC maintenance at home in the home care group were higher than those of the control group, and the differences were all statistically significant (P＜ 0.05). Conclusions? Continued nursing care based on the Internet +home care platform for cancer patients receiving PICC is practical and feasible, and patients can enjoy safe, homogeneous and continued PICC nursing care at home. Therefore, it is worth promoting in clinical practice.
