ABSTRACT
Objective To study the influence of evidence-based health education in improving the ability of daily life and nursing satisfaction of patients.Methods A total of 80 schizophrenic patients were randomly divided into a control group (40 persons) and an experimental group (40 persons).The health education of routine ways was adopted on the control group.As for the experimental group,we posed questions,collected related literature and evidence through evidence-based support,set the health education based on the actual situation for individual and adjusted flexibly according to the affect of the health education during practice process.Two groups of patients were assessed by daily activity scale,positive and negative symptom scale weekly.We use questionnaire to compare with the satisfaction of two groups for patients when they left hospitals,including the disease-related knowledge,the satisfaction of the ways of the health education,the satisfaction of nurses.Using SPSS 18.0,the data between two groups were compared by t test,or Z test,or chi square test.Results After the implementation of evidence-based health education,the experimental group started at the second week,the PANSS scale score was lower than the control group,and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The score of experimental group'ADL scale compared with control group reached normal level in the third week and had statistic significance,P＜0.05.The questionnaire results showed that the average score of disease related knowledge and the average score of health education methods were higher in the experimental group than in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).In the evaluation of the most satisfactory nurses,patients' satisfaction in experimental group was higher than the control group,and the difference was statistically significant (x2=16.56,P=0.000).Conclusion The implementation of evidence-based health education for patients with schizophrenia can effectively improve their daily living ability,improve their mastery of disease-related knowledge and satisfaction with nursing.