Application of health education in family care for elderly patients / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of health education on the family care for elderly patients.Methods Health education were done during family care for 65 elderly patients.A comparison was done between pre-intervention and post-intervention effect in terms of mastery of disease knowledge,health behavior,curative compliance and emotion management.Result The effect after intervention was significantly better than that before intervention (χ2=28.770,P<0.01).Conclusion During family care for elderly patients,health education is effective for the improvements of mastery of disease knowledge,health behavior,curative compliance,emotion management and ultimately the quality of life.