Research in effect of continuing nursing care on patients with rheumatoid arthritis

VernacularTitle:对类风湿关节炎患者开展延续护理服务的效果研究
Author: Yongjuan LUO ; Xiuli WU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis; Continuing nursing care; Effect
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(3):9-11
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To discuss the effect of continuing nursing care on patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods 117 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were divided into the control group (60 pa-tients) and the experimental group(57 patients). The control group adopted clinic follow-up visit and rou-tine responding measures. The experimental group was given knowledge education according to the ASMP course, which included demonstration,nurse-patient communication,communication between patients, video show, telephone follow-up and support, etc. The degree of pain,cognition degree of disease knowledge, fre-quency of physical exercises,compliance with doctor's advice, readmission rate and self-care ability of pa-tients with joint deformity were compared by χ2 test between the two groups. Results The experimental group was superior to the control group in the following aspects, such as degree of pain,cognition degree of disease knowledge, frequency of physical exercises,compliance with doctor's advice, readmission rate and self-care ability. Conclusions Application of continuing nursing care in patients with rheumatoid arthri-tis contribute to the prognosis of patients.