Influence of health education on life quality of patients with osteoporotic fracture / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo study the effects of health education on quality of life in patients with osteoporotic fracture.MethodsFrom March 2006 to July 2011,240 patients with osteoporotic fracture admitted into our hospital were randomly divided into the intervention group (130 cases)and the control group( 110 cases).The control group only received routine nursing.The intervention group was applied with health education intervention based upon routine nursing.Bone mineral density were measured with dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DXA,DMS)in L2-4,neck of femur and total hip.MMSE.NIHSS,HAMD,FMA,Barthel index (BI)and WHOQOL-BREF were adopted for effect evaluation before and after three years of follow-up.ResultsAfter 3 years of follow-up,NIHSS and HAMD scores in the intervention group were lower than the control group,MMSE,FMA and BI scores were higher than those in the control group,physical,psychological,social and environmental scores in the intervention group were higher than those in the control group.ConclusionsHealth education for patients with osteopomtic fracture is conducive to patients′ rehabilitation and improvement of quality of life.