Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome experience of the implementation of health education.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome experience of the implementation of health education Author: Xu Bing, Wu Yanqiu, Shenhua Shu, Mei-Ling Jin [Abstract] Objective To study the rehabilitation of health education to patients studied. Methods 50 patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome patients in hospital, preoperative and discharge when health education. The results for the rehabilitation of the disease, the patient self-care knowledge and increased with an average hospital stay shortened. Conclusions health education so that patients, increasing the health knowledge, the role of promoting the rehabilitation of the disease. [Keywords:] obstructive; sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome; health education Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), as a kind of sleep-disordered breathing diseases, generally refers to adult 7h of sleep during the night, breathing through the nose or mouth of the periodic interruption of flow occurred 30 times more air time disruption than for adults, 10s, 20s or more children, or apnea index amp;quot;5, accompanied by decreased oxygen saturation series of pathophysiological changes. Health education is a holistic nursing care in the work of an important element refers to the use of multi-disciplinary theories and methods, through an organized, planned, systematic education programs to help people understand their own health status, awareness of health hazards, prompting people consciously choose healthy behaviors and lifestyles, to reduce or remove the risk factors affecting health. Our department in October 2005 ~ March 2006 in 50 patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in patients undergoing implementation of health education, and achieved satisfactory results, are summarized below. 1 Data and methods 1.1 General Information of this group of 50 patients, male 45 cases, 5 females, average age 35 years, 50 patients were hospitalized before surgery, and discharge carr