[Telephone follow-up improves quality of life of postoperative patients with severe acute pancreatitis].

Objective To evaluate the impact of telephone follow-up on the quality of life of postoperative patients with severe acute pancreatitis.Methods 109 postoperative patients with severe acute pancreatitis were divided into interventional and control groups randomly.Telephone follow-up was given to the patients in the interventional group 1 week,1 month,3 months and 6 months after discharge.The patients in the control group received routine discharge guidance only.The quality of life of the patients was assessed with the Generic Quality of Life Inventory 6 months after discharge.The disease-related knowledge and incidence of complications of the patients were also assessed.Results The patients who received telephone follow-up had greater quality of life scores in physical function,psychological function and social function than the controls(P0.05).The interventional group also had better disease-related knowledge(P0.05) and lower incidence of complications such as jejuno-stoma tube plugging and recurrence than the control group(P0.05).Conclusion Telephone follow-up improves the quality of life of postoperative patients with severe acute pancreatitis and reduces the incidence of complications.