Effect of diversified and staged health education on the compliance of elderly patients with coronary heart disease

Abstract

Background: To explore the effect of diversified and staged health education on the compliance of elderly patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods: A total of 180 elderly patients with CHD were randomly divided (using computerized random grouping) into a control group (n=90) and study group (n=90) between January 2018 and December 2019 in the Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine in our hospital. The control group was given routine health education, while the study group was supplemented with diversified and staged health education on this basis. After the intervention, the health knowledge mastery of CHD, compliance, self-care ability, incidence of adverse events, and life quality were compared between the 2 groups. Results: After the intervention, the health knowledge mastery of CHD, total compliance, and self-care ability scores in the study group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). The incidence rate of adverse events in the study group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). After 3-month follow-up, it was found that the life quality score in the study group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions: Diversified and staged health education for elderly patients with CHD can improve the health knowledge mastery of the disease, self-care ability, compliance, life quality, and subsequently reduce adverse events.