互联网+电话随访在术后出院胆囊切除患者中的效果

Effect of Internet-based follow-up on antiviral treatment compliance and quality of life in discharged patients with chronic hepatitis B

AIM

To investigate the effect of Internet-based follow-up on antiviral treatment compliance and quality of life in discharged patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

METHODS

Eighty-five discharged CHB patients who received antiviral therapy at Yuhang District Second People's Hospital of Hangzhou City from February 2016 to May 2017 were randomly divided into either an experimental group (n = 44) or a control group (n = 41). The patients in the control group were given routine telephone follow-up for 6 mo, and the patients in the experimental group were given Internet-based follow-up by using Internet service platforms (WeChat, QQ, or E-mail) for 6 mo. The antiviral treatment compliance and quality of life were evaluated using questionnaires at 1 d before follow-up and 1, 3, and 6 mo after follow-up. The compliance and quality of life were then compared between the two groups at four time points.

RESULTS

Seventy-five patients completed the study (38 cases in the experimental group and 37 cases in the control group). The compliance and life quality did not differ significantly between the two groups at 1 d before follow-up and 1 mo after follow-up in the two groups. With the extension of follow-up, the degree of compliance and the score of quality life showed an ascending trend from 1 mo after follow-up. At 6 mo after follow-up, the degree of compliance and the score of life quality in the experimental group were significantly high than those at 1 d before follow-up, and those in the control group at the same time point.

CONCLUSION

Internet-based follow-up performs better than traditional telephone follow-up with regard to improving the antiviral treatment compliance and quality of life in discharged CHB patients.