• 1. West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Rehabilitation Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Orthopaedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
NING Ning, Email: gkningning@126.com
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Objective To explore the application and effect of peer education combined with group psychological intervention in patients with spinal cord injury.Methods patients with spinal cord injury admitted to the Rehabilitation Medicine Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University from April to June 2019 were selected. According to the random number table method, the patients were randomly divided into the control group and the experimental group. The patients in the control group received routine psychological nursing intervention; while those in the experimental group were given routine psychological nursing intervention, supplemented by peer education and group psychological intervention. Before and 1 month after the intervention, the self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), the Short Form-36 (SF-36), and the compliance of rehabilitation treatment were compared between the two groups.Result A total of 51 patients with spinal cord injury were admitted and 40 were eventually included, with 20 in each group. Before the intervention, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in SAS, SDS, SF-36 or rehabilitation treatment compliance (P>0.05). After the intervention, SAS [(28.60±3.30) points], SDS [(33.35±2.32) points], SF-36 [(86.60±4.56) points], and the rehabilitation treatment compliance [(83.28±5.07) %] in the experimental group were significantly improved compared with those in the control group [(34.75±6.17) points, (45.90±3.81) points, (80.90±5.19) points, (75.61±5.94) %; t=−3.932, −12.580, −3.694, 4.397, P<0.001]. After the intervention, SAS and SDS of the experimental group decreased compared with those before the intervention (P<0.05); while SF-36 and rehabilitation treatment compliance were higher than those before the intervention (P<0.05). Compared with those before the intervention, the SAS, SDS, SF-36 and rehabilitation treatment compliance of the control group after the intervention were not statistically significant (P>0.05).Conclusion Group psychological intervention combined with peer education can effectively promote the psychological rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury and improve the curative effect and patients' quality of life.

Citation: YANG Jie, MA Rui, ZHANG Jianmei, QU Yun, NING Ning. Application of peer education and group psychological intervention in patients with spinal cord injury. West China Medical Journal, 2020, 35(5): 589-593. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201910127 Copy

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