Orem's self-care to treat acute coronary syndrome after PCI helps improve rehabilitation efficacy and quality of life.

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to probe into the influence of Orem's self-care model on the rehabilitation efficacy, disease cognition, self-care abilities and quality of life of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients after PCI. METHODS A total of 148 ACS patients who underwent PCI in our hospital from October 2018 to October 2019 were recruited as the study cohort. Based on the nursing method each patient received, they were divided into two groups. Among the patients in the study cohort, 78 treated using Orem's self-care were placed into the research group (RG), and 70 treated using conventional nursing were placed in the control group (CG). Their postoperative complications, rehabilitation efficacy, disease cognition, negative emotions, self-care abilities, and quality of life were compared. RESULTS After the nursing intervention, in the RG, the postoperative complications, the time of D-to-B, the getting out of bed times and the hospitalization stays were significantly shorter than they were in the CG, and the disease cognition and self-care abilities scores were significantly higher. In addition, compared with the CG, the patients' SAS and SDS scores in the RG were dramatically lower and the quality of life scores and the nursing satisfaction were markedly higher. CONCLUSION Orem's self-care for ACS after PCI helps to reduce postoperative complications and improves patients' negative emotions and their rehabilitation efficacy, disease cognition, self-care abilities, quality of life, and nursing satisfaction.