Effects of different follow-up methods on quality of life of patients with Heroin Spongiform Lekoencepha-lopathy / 实用医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of different follow-up methods on the quality of life of pa-tients with Heroin Spongiform Lekoencephalopathy(HSLE)in 6 months after discharge. Methods A total of 59 HSLE patients were assigned to control group(n = 29)and experimental group(n = 30). Control group received regular telephone interview,and experimental group the follow-up from an interdisciplinary cooperation team in 6 months after discharge. Social support rate and the quality of life in 2 groups were compared using the Social Sup-port Rating Scale(SSRS)and the Quality of life for Drug Addicts(QOL-DA)for 6 months after discharge. Re-sults After the intervention,the scores of SSRS and the QOL-DA of experimental group indicated a marked im-provement compared with those of control group. The score of QOL-DA of two groups was all improved and intra-group comparison had statistical differences(P<0.05). Conclusions Follow-up can improve social support rate and the quality of life of HSLE patients,and the effect of follow-up from a multidisciplinary team is better than that of regular telephone interview.