Effects of standardized health education pathway on patients undergoing endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Abstract

Abstract Background To explore the application and effect of standardized health education pathway in patients undergoing EBUS‐TNBA. Methods Hundred and one patients undergoing EBUS‐TBNA for the first time from September 2017 to June 2018 were divided into the study group and the control group. Patients in the control group (n = 50)received routine health education, while those in the study group (n = 51) received health education intervention based on the standardized health education pathway. Differences of anxiety, heart rate and oxygen saturation recovery time, success rate of first intubation attempt, and patient satisfaction between the two groups were observed. Results Basic information of patients in the two groups was comparable (P > .05). The SAS scores of the recovery time of heart rate and oxygen saturation in the study group were observably lower than those in the control group (P < .05), while the success rate of first intubation attempt and the satisfaction rate of the patients in the study group were remarkably higher (P < .05). Conclusion Health education based on the standardized pathway can reduce the anxiety level of patients undergoing EBUS‐TNBA, reduce the operation time, and improve the success rate of first intubation attempt as well as the satisfaction of patients.

Keywords

• EBUS‐TNBA
• effect
• health education
• standardized pathway