International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To explore the effect of empowerment and incentive education model on the readiness for hospital discharge and health-related behaviors of elderly patients with coronary heart disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods A total of 108 elderly patients with coronary heart disease who underwent PCI in our hospital from August 2020 to August 2021 were selected as the research objects. They were divided into control group and study group by random number table method, with 54 cases in each group. Patients in the control group were given routine health education in cardiology, and patients in the study group were given the empowerment and incentive education model on the basis of the control group. The differences in discharge readiness and health-related behaviors of the two groups of patients at the time of discharge were compared, and the differences in health-related behaviors of the two groups of patients were followed up for 6 months. Results The discharge readiness score of the patients in the study group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). At the time of discharge, there was no significant difference in health-related behavior between the two groups (P>0.05). After 6 months of follow-up, the level of health-related behaviors in the study group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion The empowerment and incentive education model intervention for elderly patients with coronary heart disease after PCI can effectively improve the patients discharge readiness score and promote the development of health-related behaviors.

Empowerment and incentive education; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Discharge readiness; Health-related behavior