• 1. West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
NING Ning, Email: gkningning@126.com
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Objectives To investigate the status quo of follow-up services for patients with cervical spondylosis, to explore its influencing factors, and to provide reference for the follow-up management model after postoperative discharge of patients with cervical spondylosis.Methods A total of 220 patients with cervical spondylosis were selected by using convenient sampling from October 2018 to May 2019, and the general information questionnaire and the follow-up service needs questionnaire were used for the investigation.Results The score of follow-up service content requirement for patients with cervical spondylosis was 54.87±7.56, and the rehabilitation training instruction was the highest. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the follow-up service content score was influenced by education level [non-standardized partial regression coefficient (b)=3.186, 95% confidence interval (CI) (2.490, 3.882), P<0.001], length of hospital stay [b=5.140, 95%CI (3.914, 6.365), P<0.001], Neck Disability Index [b=1.326, 95%CI (0.189, 2.463), P=0.022], and age [≥75 years as the reference, 45-59 years: b=3.766, 95%CI (0.671, 6.860), P=0.017; 60-74 years: b=4.081, 95%CI(0.849, 7.314), P=0.014]. The method of obtaining follow-up services was mainly based on outpatient follow-up (85.5%), telephone follow-up (50.5%), and established a follow-up service center (40.5%) for discharged patients. The executives were multidisciplinary teams (60.5%) and hospital-community integration teams (48.2%). There were 19.1% of discharged patients who were willing to pay for relevant follow-up services.Conclusions Patients with postoperative cervical spondylosis have strong demand for post-discharge follow-up services, which are affected by many factors. Medical staff should pay attention to this and develop a personalized follow-up service plan according to patient characteristics to meet different discharged patients and improve the quality of medical services.

Citation: DUAN Dan, NING Ning, CHEN Jiali, LI Peifang, XIE Jingying. Investigation on the status quo and influencing factors of follow-up service for postoperative patients with cervical spondylosis. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(9): 1010-1016. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201907174 Copy

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