The impact of nursing intervention on negative moods, compliance behavior and life quality of patients with chronic heart failure
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2009.03.095
- VernacularTitle:护理干预对慢性心力衰竭患者负性情绪、遵医行为和生活质量的影响
- Author:
Zehua LIU
;
Meiyu LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chronic heart failure;
Nursing intervention;
Negative moods;
Compliance behaviors;
Life quality
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2009;25(9):15-18
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the impact of nursing intervention on negative moods, compliance behavior and life quality of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods We randomized 100 patients with CHF into the observation group and the control group. The control group only accepted basic nursing, life nursing and treatment; besides these, the observation group were given other interventions, including health education, comfortable environment, physical activity, compliance behavior, diet and mental guidance 3 days after the patients were admitted into hospital. The two groups were tested for anxiety, depression, compliance behavior as well as life quality with Minnesota Living with Heart failure questionnaire both 3 days after the patients were admitted into hospital and when they were discharged. χ2 test and t test were used to analyze the data. Results Before intervention, there were no statistical difference in their anxiety, depression, compliance behavior, and life quality between the observation group and the control group. After intervention, the observation group was superior than the control group in anxiety and depression score, compliance behaviors including on-time medicine administration, regular recheck, rational diet, smoke abatement and alcohal restriction, physical activity, life quality score including physical limitation, emotion, symptom and social constrain. Conclusions Nursing intervention could help improve anxiety and depression of the patients with CHF, promote their compliance behaviors and improve their life quality.
