Effect of family empowerment model on medication adherence in youth patients with cerebral infarction / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of family empowerment model on medication adherence in youth patient with cerebral infarction.Methods By convenience sampling,a questionnaire survey was conducted among 84 patients and families of neurology department in a third-grade and a-level general hospital in Zhengzhou.The patients and families were randomly divided into the control group and the intervention group,each group consisted of 42 patients and families.Patients and families in the control group got routine health education,but patients and families in the intervention group were intervened under family empowerment.The medication adherence of the patients were compared between the two groups before and after health education.Results The medication adherence in both groups were higher after health education than that before health education,the diffidence in the comparison of medication adherence was statistically significant between the two groups after health education.Conclusions The family empowerment model can improve the medication adherence in youth patient with cerebral infarction.