Effects of psychological counseling coupled with health education on the alleviation of pain during dressing change after surgery in the patients with high and complex anal fistula incision
10.3969/j.issn.1009-0754.2016.06.016
- VernacularTitle:心理疏导联合健康宣教对高位复杂肛瘘术后患者换药时切口疼痛的效果评价
- Author:
Na YI
1
;
Juanru ZHUANG
;
Wenying ZHU
;
Zhiwei WANG
;
Yinai WU
;
Xiantang LIU
;
Qiulan WU
;
Guiqing HUANG
Author Information
1. 广州军区广州总医院附属解放军第一五七医院肛肠外科中心
- Keywords:
High and complex anal fistula;
Dressing change;
VAS scores;
SF-36 scores;
Psychological counseling;
Health education
- From:
Journal of Navy Medicine
2016;37(6):536-539,570
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effects of psychological counseling coupled with health education on the alleviation of pain during dressing change after surgery in the patients with high and complex anal fistula incision .Methods Seventy-seven patients with high and complex anorectal surgery were divided into two groups in accordance with different nursing methods after surgery : the control group (n=38) and the observation group (n=39).The control group received routine nursing care , while the observation group was given psychological counseling coupled with health education in addition to routine nursing care .Then, comparisons were made in visual analogue scores ( VAS) at the time of dressing change and 10 min after dressing change , the rate of reaching the set health education standards/the rate of satisfaction with nursing care , the SF-36 scores at the time of dressing change and 10 min after dressing change , as well as the ability of self-care after dressing change .Results ( 1 ) Ten minutes after dressing change , the VAS scores of the 2 groups were all significantly lower than those at the time of dressing change (P<0.01).Furthermore, from the second day after surgery , the VAS scores of the observation group 10 min after dressing change were significantly lower than those of the control group at the same time point of dressing change (P<0.01).Statistical significance could be noted , when comparisons were made be-tween them(P<0.05).(2) The rate of reaching the set health education standards /the rate of satisfaction with nursing care for the ob-
servation group were as high as 94.84%and 100%, which were obviously higher than those of the control group (86.84%, 89.47%), with statistical significance(P<0.05).(3)The excellent rate of self-care after dressing change for the observation group was as high as 89.74%, which was significantly higher than that of the control group (81.58%), also with statistical significance (P <0.05). Conclusion Psychological counseling coupled with health education could effectively alleviate pain during dressing change after surgery in the patients with high and complex anal fistula incision , improve their life quality and increase the rate of satisfaction with nursing care and the ability of self-care.
