ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy of Orem's self-care model in school-age children with asthma. MethodsSeventy-four children with asthma treated between March 2012 and June 2014 were divided into observation group (n=37) and control group (n=37) randomly. Orem's self-care model was applied in the observation group, while routine nursing was carried out in the control group. We observed the pulmonary function, therapeutic compliance and quality of life in children of both the two groups before and one year after treatment. ResultsOne year after treatment, forced expiratory volume in one second and peak expiratory flow increased significantly (P<0.05), and increase in the observation group was significantly more than that in the control group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the observation group showed significant increased treatment compliance rate (P<0.05). Pediatric asthma quality of life questionare scale results showed that one year after treatment, the two groups got significantly increased scores in the dimensions of emotion, symptom and activity (P<0.05), and the scores were significantly higher in the observation group (P<0.05). ConclusionOrem's self-care model has a significant curative effect for the improvement of lung function in school-age children with asthma, which can promot the treatment compliance and quality of life of the patients.
Objective Based on “timing it right”, the application effect of the continuous nursing program in school-age children with epilepsy. Methods A total of 80 epileptic children and primary caregiver who were admitted to the Department of Neurology of Wuxi a third class A children’s hospital from October 2022 to March 2023 were selected as the research objects, and were divided into experimental group and control group with 40 cases each by convenience sampling. The control group was given routine care, and the intervention group was given a continuous nursing for school-age children with epilepsy based on timing theory. The continuous nursing process was divided into four stages: diagnosis stage, treatment stage,preparation stage, and convalescence stage.According to the needs of the different stages of the disease,In each stage,the intervention was carried out from disease cognition, emotional support, Correct care, psychological adjustment, rehabilitation training. TO Reduce the burden on caregivers and promote the recovery of patients. The results of Knowledge of the disease, burden of Caregiver and quality of life were compared between the two groups before intervention, before discharge and Three months after discharge through Epileptic disease health knowledge questionnaire, Zarit Care-giver Burden Interview, PedsQTM4.0. Results After intervention, The degree of seizures-related knowledge mastered by the main caregivers of children with epilepsy, the quality of life were significantly improved (all P<0.05). Conclusion The implementation of the continuity nursing plan based on the timing theory can improve the knowledge level of the main caregivers of epilepsy children, improve their caring ability, and improve the quality of life of epilepsy children.