Application of continuous nursing by wechat to prevent anastomotic stricture after the operation of esophageal carcinoma

ABSTRACT:Objective To study the effect of continuous nursing by wechat in patients with esophageal carcinoma operation.Methods A total of 277 patients with esophageal cancer were di-vided into experimental group and control group.All the patients received routine discharge guid-ance before discharge.The 136 patients in the control group were phoned for one time at the end of 2 weeks,the 1st month,the 2nd month and the 3rd month and were provided instruction for regu-lar diet.The 141 patients in the experimental group received continuous nursing once a week to in-struct diet intervention and health guidance by wechat from 2 weeks to 3 months after discharge. The condition of health knowledge,the ability of self-nursing and the rate of complications be-tween the two groups was compared.Results The incident rates of health knowledge,the ability of self-nursing and the rate of complications in the experimental group were higher than that in the control group.Conclusion Wechat is a convenient way to follow up patients.Continuous nursing by wechat can greatly enhance the patients’self-nursing ability and significantly decrease the rate of anastomotic stricture after esophageal cancer operation.