Application of health education in family care for elderly patients
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2014.04.26
- VernacularTitle:健康教育在老年患者家庭护理中的应用
- Author:
Zhaohui ZHU
;
Jinghua WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
elderly patients;
family care;
health education
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2014;(4):79-81
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of health education on the family care for elderly patients.Methods Health education were done during family care for 65 elderly patients.A comparison was done between pre-intervention and post-intervention effect in terms of mastery of disease knowledge,health behavior,curative compliance and emotion management.Result The effect after intervention was significantly better than that before intervention (χ2=28.770,P<0.01).Conclusion During family care for elderly patients,health education is effective for the improvements of mastery of disease knowledge,health behavior,curative compliance,emotion management and ultimately the quality of life.
