ObjectiveTo explore the impact on the retention and effective rate of the mode of continuous guidance with wechat group in children with infantile spasms (IS) treated by ketogenic diet (KD).MethodsThe clinical data of 40 children who received KD treatment in Jiangxi Children’s Hospital from January 2017 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed, including 23 males and 17 females, the average age was (19.90±13.10) months and the average course was (9.95±7.61) months. They were randomly divided into control group (20 cases) and observation group (wechat group continuity Guidance Group, 20 cases), and followed up one year to compare the retention rate and efficacy.ResultsThere was no statistical difference between the general data of the observation group and the control group (P>0.05). After 9 and 12 months of KD treatment, the retention and effective rate of the observation group was significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05). And the seizure-free rate was higher than the control group (35% vs. 10%, 35% vs. 15%).ConclusionThis model of continuous guidance with wechat group can increase the KD retention rate of IS children, And increase the effective rate.
ObjectiveTo study the current situation of WeChat public platforms in 15 provincial hospitals in Hubei Province.MethodsWe searched the website of National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, website of Health Commission of Hubei Province, and the official website of each hospital. The WeChat public platforms of 15 provincial hospitals in Hubei Province was determined as the research object. Samples were taken in July, 2019 and the observation cut-off point was on October 30, 2019. All the contents released by the WeChat public platforms in July were counted. Literature research, descriptive statistics, content analysis, WeChat transmission index analysis, observation indicators and other methods were used for analysis and research.ResultsAmong the 15 hospitals, 14 hospitals (93.3%) had established 20 WeChat public platforms, and 5 hospitals (33.3%) simultaneously opened service accounts and subscription accounts. The functions of serving the patients’ medical experience mainly included identity registration, appointment registration, information inquiry, patient feedback, intelligent medical guidance, etc. WeChat tweets were mainly divided into 38.0% of popular medical science, 11.4% of hospital news, 15.8% of medical service, 13.6% of party and government construction, and 21.2% of patient interaction. The monthly push times of 6 WeChat public platforms (30.0%) were less than 4 times. The monthly original rate of WeChat public platform tweets was 16.3%. Among the top 10 WeChat public platforms in the WeChat communication index, 8 (80.0%) were service accounts. There was a big gap in the dissemination effect of tweets.ConclusionsThe WeChat public platform of provincial hospitals in Hubei Province has problems such as single type of WeChat public platform, imperfect service functions, unreasonable tweets frequency, insufficient originality of tweets, and uneven communication effects. It is necessary to enrich platform types, improve platform functions, ameliorate the frequency of tweets, improve the originality of tweets, and pay attention to communication effects.
Objective To investigate the present situation and effect of public health education based on WeChat platform in a first class of the third grade hospital in Sichuan province. Methods We designed the patient/relative health education questionnaire by literature reading and analysis, and expert consultancy. Then according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, from April to December 2015, the questionnaire was used to investigate inpatients and their relatives in departments within the WeChat platform including the Department of Endocrinology, International Health Care Center, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, and Department of Dermatovenereology. Results There were 5 WeChat public accounts in the hospital, and the average running days was 177.2, the average number of subscription was 2 974, and the average number of pushed messages was 30. A total of 289 patients/relatives were surveyed, among whom 137 subscribed to the WeChat public account. The investigation results showed that 54.02% of the responders were university or college graduates, most of whom had stable jobs (civil servants: 12.41%, factory workers: 13.87%, medical staff: 9.49%, teachers: 7.30%, IT workers: 6.57%), and had a longer disease course averaging 4.5 years. Among the respondents, 87.59% came to know the WeChat public account through the publicity work by the hospital departments where they stayed, 30.66% thought it was very helpful and 63.50% considered it to be useful, and 47.45% read WeChat messages every day. They admitted that it was convenient and could be found at any time (63.50%, 66.42%), but the drawback was online communication with health educators was not integrated in the platform (54.74%). Conclusions Health education WeChat platform is effective to give health education to the patients and their relatives, but there are also some shortcomings. More functions should be integrated in order to provide comprehensive health education knowledge to the patients.
ObjectiveTo investigate the practice effect of WeChat on the treatment compliance of patients with hyperlipidaemia in general out-patient department. MethodsFrom June 2012 to May 2013, 178 patients with hyperlipidaemia who could use WeChat software were selected. The patients were randomly divided into the control group (87 patients) and experimental group (91 patients). All the patients were treatment with routine nursing intervention. The experimental group was giving nursing intervention based on WeChat. After 180 days, the compliance score and serum lipid level of the patient were tested and analyzed. ResultsThe score in experimental group on the treatment compliance were as follows:diet:6.57±0.78, take medicine:8.64±1.13, exercise:5.11±0.97, and return visit:5.75±0.74; the percentage effective control of lipid level was 93.4%. The score of the control group on the treatment compliance were as follows diet:4.63±1.23, take medicine:6.91±0.73, exercise:3.98±0.54, and return visit:4.86±0.39; the percentage effective control of lipid level was 57.5%. The difference in the results between two groups is significant (P<0.05). ConclusionApplying WeChat software on nursing intervention for patients with hyperlipidaemia may increase the treatment compliance and enhance the control of serum lipid level.
ObjectiveTo discuss the ways and effects of carrying out the publicity and education of Party style and clean governance in public hospitals through enterprise WeChat, aiming at improving the quality and efficiency of the publicity and education and forming an accurate and real-time pattern of discipline warning education.MethodsTaking the articles regarding the publicity and education of Party style and clean governance on the enterprise WeChat of West China Hospital of Sichuan University as the research object, the content analysis method was used to review the content from October 2017 to December 2018 and its publicity effect. The number of readers was shown in median (lower quartile, upper quartile) and the statistical analysis was done through rank sum test.ResultsFrom the content updated, medical staff read more about Internet hot spots and related clean governance news happened around them [M (QL, QU): 1 106 (691, 1 506)] than policy learning [301 (233, 408)] (P<0.05) and knowledge explanation [392 (457, 1 133)] (P<0.05). In terms of the methods of the update, medical staff read more about the update in traditional text and pictures [462 (312, 1 073)] than cartoon, video and other methods [230 (175, 315)] (P<0.05).ConclusionPaying attention to updated content, increasing the discussion function of the audience, choosing the time that the audience likes to update the article, and in the meantime, building the brand for the publicity and education of Party style and clean governance in the hospital may have a better effect on the education of Party style and clean governance toward Party members and medical staff in public hospitals.
Objective To analyze the current state, evaluate the accuracy, and determine the influencing factors of hypertension-related subscriptions from official health WeChat accounts. Methods The 36 official health WeChat accounts on the WeChat official accounts monthly list │ September 2022 China WeChat Top 500·New Rank certification were searched using the term "hypertension". We identified diabetes-related subscriptions published from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022. The accuracy of subscriptions was analyzed according to the consistency with clinical practice guidelines and was independently assessed by two specialists. SPSS 22.0 software was used for data analysis. Results One hundred and one subscriptions from 36 official health WeChat accounts were included. Forty-seven (46.5%) subscriptions were evaluated as consistent, seven (6.9%) subscriptions were evaluated as inconsistent, and forty-seven (46.5%) subscriptions were evaluated as unconfirmed. The differences between the numbers of reads, "wow" and "like" per thousand reads, were statistically significant. Consistency rates were higher for tweets backed by evidence and experts, and for tweets posted by public figures with the accreditation type "government". Conclusion Hypertension tweets have a good audience base, some of the content is inconsistent with current clinical guideline recommendations, and readers have little ability to screen them. There is a need to develop and improve the review mechanism for writing and publishing hypertension tweets on WeChat.
ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy of combined telephone and WeChat follow-up for patients discharged with an indwelling closed thoracic drainage tube after surgery for stage Ⅲ tuberculous empyema. MethodsPatients with stage Ⅲ tuberculous empyema who were discharged with an indwelling drainage tube from the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu, between November 2021 and November 2022 were enrolled in this study. They were divided into an observation group (combined telephone and WeChat follow-up) and a control group (telephone-only follow-up). The quality of life (QoL), treatment adherence, and recovery outcomes were compared between the two groups. Results A total of 81 patients were included. The observation group consisted of 49 patients (31 male, 18 female) with a mean age of (38.63±15.86) years. The control group consisted of 32 patients (27 male, 5 female) with a mean age of (36.91±17.33) years. The observation group showed significantly higher postoperative QoL scores in the domains of physical functioning, emotional functioning, physical symptoms, global health status, and overall QoL compared to the control group (all P<0.05). Regarding treatment adherence, the observation group demonstrated superior performance in daily activity duration, use of a respiratory trainer, and adherence to coughing exercises compared to the control group (all P<0.001). The duration of chest tube indwelling was significantly shorter in the observation group (P<0.001). Furthermore, the observation group showed better recovery in albumin and hemoglobin levels (P<0.001). ConclusionA combined telephone and WeChat follow-up approach can significantly improve the QoL and treatment adherence for patients discharged with an indwelling drainage tube. This method effectively shortens the duration of postoperative tube drainage, promotes nutritional recovery, and accelerates overall postoperative rehabilitation.
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of Wechat combined with continuing nursing on the quality of life of epilepsy children with ketogenic diet, parents' mood and the time commitment of medical staff. MethodsData were collected from 140 children with intractable epilepsy with ketogenic diet admitted to the Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University from November 2014 to June 2022, including 116 males and 24 females, with an average age of (8.42±2.44) years. The random sampling method was divided into control group (continuing nursing) 71 cases, intervention group (Wechat combined with continuing nursing) 69 cases. The quality of life of the children (QOLCE-16) in the two groups was compared before discharge and 3 months after discharge, as well as parental anxiety (SAS), depression (SDS), and the amount of time medical staff spent with both groups. ResultsThere was no difference in the quality of life and parental emotion between the two groups before intervention. After 3 months, the quality of life of the two groups was significantly improved [(43.59±10.00) vs. (40.14±10.44), P<0.05], and the QOLCE-16 score of the intervention group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). The parental mood SAS and SDS in both groups were significantly improved [(37.19±2.90) vs. (50.85±3.76), (40.14±3.52) vs. (49.29±3.37), P<0.01], and the SAS and SDS scores of anxiety and depression of parents in the intervention group were lower than that of the control group (P<0.01). Medical staff spent more time on intervention group [(136.17±7.43) vs. (65.55±7.48), P<0.01]. ConclusionContinuing nursing can improve the quality of life of children with ketogenic diet and the negative emotions of their parents. The combination of Wechat and continuing nursing can further strengthen this positive effect, and requires more time of medical staff.
Objective To analyze the current state, evaluate the accuracy, and determine the influencing factors of diabetes-related subscriptions on the WeChat platform. Methods The top 100 WeChat platforms on the "China WeChat Platform New Rank Annual List 2020" were searched using the term "diabetes". We identified diabetes-related subscriptions published from June 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021. The accuracy of subscriptions was analyzed according to the consistency with clinical practice guidelines, and was independently assessed by two specialists. SPSS 22.0 software was used for data analysis. Results Sixty-eight subscriptions from 26 WeChat platforms were included. Twenty-five (36.8%) subscriptions were evaluated as inconsistent. The numbers of "wow" per thousand reads and "like" per thousand reads of inconsistent diabetic subscriptions were statistically higher than those of consistent diabetic subscriptions (P<0.05). Subscriptions with expert support (80.8% vs. 52.4%) and evidence support (91.7% vs. 57.1%) shared a higher consistency (P<0.05). Subscriptions with commercial promotion (16.7% vs. 67.7%) had a lower consistency (P=0.02). Conclusion Although some content is inconsistent with guidelines, diabetes-related subscriptions have a certain dissemination ability on the WeChat platform. Moreover, readers are more likely to "wow" or "like" for inconsistent subscriptions. Diabetes-related subscriptions on the WeChat public platform need supervision and can be further regulated by providing evidence support and regulating commercial promotion.