Objective To explore the effects of continuing health education by establishing virtual social networking platform on treatment compliance of patients with cerebral infarction.Methods A total of 100 patients with cerebral infarction discharged from our hospital between April 2010 and June 2010 were included and randomly divided into control group (50 cases) and observation group (50 cases).The patients of two groups received routine health education,while the patients of observation group additionally received continuing health education by establishing virtual social networking platform.The treatment compliance and rehabilitation of patients in two groups were compared after 6 months.Results After 6 months,the Barthel index and FAM scores of patients in observation group were (79.13 ±21.08) and (66.17 ±2.13) respectively,and those in control group were (51.86 ± 15.72) and (50.53 ± 1.32) respectively.The Barthel index and FAM scores in observation group were significantly higher than those in control group,so the differences between two groups were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).There were 22 patients (44.0％) with complete compliance in observation group,and it was significantly more than that of control group (20.0％,10/50) (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The continuing health education by establishing virtual social networking platform can increase the awareness and importance of knowledge about cerebral infarction,improve the patient's treatment compliance,and help to ensure the therapeutic effects and promote the prognosis.