Effect of Systematic Follow-up Home Visits on the Healthy Behavior of Patients after Interventional Treatment of Arteriosclerosis Obliterans

AbstractObjective. To discuss the effect of systematic follow-up home visits on the healthy behavior of patients after interventional treatment of arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO). Methods. A total of 100 patients discharged from hospital after the interventional treatment of ASO were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, each group having 50 members. The members of each group were given professional discharge instructions; the control group received follow-up telephone calls, while the observation group had systematic follow-up home visits which were recorded in detail; a comparison and an analysis of the healthy behaviors of the members in the two groups were made after one year of follow-up. Results. The healthy behavior of the observation group members was obviously better than that of the control group members. (There were significant differences in life attitudes, disease knowledge, awareness of risk factors, enthusiasm for exercise, and timely medicine use) The X2 values ...