ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the effects of nursing intervention based on domiciliary oxygen therapy tracking tables (DOTT) quantitative classification on domiciliary oxygen in elderly patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Methods Forty-two cases of elderly patients with stable COPD treated by domiciliary oxygen therapy from January 2015 to March 2015 were selected as the experimental group,and were given bilateral nasal catheter domiciliary oxygen therapy,and were provided domiciliary oxygen therapy management,nursing education and intervention according to results of family oxygen therapy compliance,symptom identification and oxygen safety,and family oxygen therapy confidence evaluated by family oxygen therapy tracking table.Other 30 cases of patients with stable COPD treated by bilateral nasal catheter domiciliary oxygen therapy and routine nursing during the same period of time were selected as the control group.Both groups were provided nursing care for at least 6 months.Nursing adherence,acute episode,patient satisfaction,and quality of life score before and after nursing of two groups were compared.Results Compared with the control group,nursing adherence and patient satisfaction after 6 months in the experimental group were higher,while rate of patients with acute episodes ≥ 2 times in the experimental group was lower (P＜0.05).Compared with that before nursing intervention,quality of life scores of two groups after nursing intervention were lower(P＜0.05).Compared with the control group,quality of life scores of the experimental group were all decreased (P＜0.05).Conclusion Nursing intervention based on domiciliary oxygen therapy tracking tables quantitative classification can effectively reduce the incidence of acute episodes,improve patient's nursing compliance,patient satisfaction,and quality of life.