Title: The effect of health education on the quality of life of the patients with chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease
ABSTRACT Objectives: Improve chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease（COPD） patient and abide by the behavior of curing through the health education,thus improve patient's quality of life. Methods: Adopt 65 COPD patient and is divided into 36 esperimental groups and 29 control groups at random. The control group guides the routine in hospital, does not keep in touch the propaganda and education again after leaving hospital. When the esperimental group is in hospital, the scientific pointed health education that doctors and nurses' cooperation offers, pay a return visit and guide regularly after leaving hospital. Follow up a case by regular visits to half a year. Abide by, cure behavior degree and survive to two group patient quality is compared. Results: After intervenion,there were significant differences on the quality of life in the two groups(（P<0.05）.The patient of the esperimental group quality of life is obviously higher than the control group. Conclusion: Doctors and nurses' cooperation strengthens and carries on the scientific pointed health education to COPD patient, facilitate patient's setting up healthy behaviour, improve the quality of surviving.
KEY WORDS: Chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease；Health education；Quality of life
