The influence of the Wechat combined with discharge supervision on rehabilitation of empty-nesters with knee arthroplasty
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2015.06.009
- VernacularTitle:微信联合出院访视对膝关节置换术后空巢老年人康复效果的影响
- Author:
Shaohua DUAN
;
Fang HU
;
Wanbin TANG
;
Shuping WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Arthroplasty,replacement,knee;
Wechat;
Supervision;
Elderly empty-nesters
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2015;31(6):418-420
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective The study was to explore the effect of the Wechat combined with discharge supervision on rehabilitation of empty-nesters with total knee arthroplasty (TKA).Methods 100 emptynesters who were treated with unilateral TKA from September 2013 to August 2014 were selected and randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group with 50 patients in each group.All patients received the same orthopaedic hospital routine therapy and nursing,hospital rehabilitation exercise,guidance,family visits and conventional outpatient care.Besides the above treatment,the experimental group received nursing instruction after discharge by professional nurses through Wechat platform,which included functional exercise guidance,psychological guidance and daily activities instructions.The hospital for special surgery(HSS) knee score and the modified Barthel Index (MBI) score were assessed on the 14th day,the third month and the sixth month after surgery.Results HSS knee score and MBI score had no statistically significant difference between the experimental group and the control group on the 14 th day after surgery; HSS knee score and MBI score of the experimental group on the third month and the sixth month after surgery were significantly higher than those of the con-trol grou,t value was 9.24,11.07 and 21.92,14.14.Conclusions Wechat combined with discharge super-vision can effectively improve the rehabilitation effect of empty-nesters after total knee arthroplasty.
