Contemporary Nursing

Objective: To analyze the correlation between discharge readiness and self-efficacy in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods: From August 2021 to August 2022, 90 elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) aged between 65 and 85 years old were admitted to our hospital. Their condition was stable after treatment and they were discharged. As the object of this experiment, 45 out of 90 patients were randomly selected as the control group, and the patients prepared for the hospital by themselves, while the other 45 patients were treated as the experimental group. Medical staff helped the patients prepare for discharge and carried out self-efficacy intervention. The discharge readiness and self-efficacy of the two groups were compared. Results: The discharge readiness and self-efficacy scores of patients in the experimental group were higher, and the difference between groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Discharge readiness of elderly patients with CHRONIC obstructive pulmonary disease has a certain relationship with the strength of self-efficacy. The higher the level of self-efficacy of patients, the more active the treatment method, the higher the treatment compliance, has a higher benefit to improve the speed of disease recovery. Therefore, medical staff need to formulate corresponding intervention measures according to the self-efficacy of different patients.

senile chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Discharge readiness; self-efficacy