Effect of network peer education on the 131I treatment adherence in patients with thyroid cancer / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of network peer education on the 131I treatment adherence in patients with thyroid cancer.Methods A total of 120 patients with thyroid cancer who performing 131 I treatment from April 2012 to April 2014.They were divided into intervention group 61 cases and control group 59 cases according to the hospital ward number.Control group was given routine health education and intervention group was given network peer education.The data from the habits,drug therapy,grasp the situation,the equivalent monitoring of the relevant knowledge of 4 different dimensions of treatment adherence for patients were investigated and compared before discharge by using questionnaire and examination method.Results The incidence of the good habits,drug therapy,grasp the situation,and the equivalent monitoring reaching the standard were 96.7％(59/61),98.4％(60/61),96.7％(59/61),100.0％(61/61) in intervention group,and 54.2％(32/59),76.3％(45/59),79.7％(47/59),89.8％(53/59) in control group,there were significant differences,x2=29.54,13.38,8.47,4.56,P＜0.01 or ＜0.05.Conclusion Network peer education for patients with thyroid cancer during the 131I treatment can effectively improve the patient's treatment adherence,has positive significance for the treatment.