Post-discharge health education for patients with enterostomy: A nationwide interventional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After discharge, patients with enterostomy face problems with poor self-nursing ability and low levels of psychological and social adjustment, which, without timely intervention, seriously affect their quality of life. We delivered health education to discharged enterostomy patients based on a WeChat health management program and evaluated its impact on their ostomy self-care ability and psychosocial adaptation level.

Methods

Based on the WeChat health management program, we conducted continuous health education in the first, third, seventh, 11th, and 23rd weeks after discharge of enterostomy patients/before temporary enterostomy restoration to observe its impact on their self-care ability and psychosocial adaptation levels, as evaluated by an ostomy self-care abi

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716631 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature