Effect of nursing intervention on the quality of life of patients with heart failure based on the ;transtheoretical model

Objective To evaluate the effect of nursing intervention on the quality of life of patients with heart failure based on the transtheoretical model （ TTM）.Methods Totals of 100 heart failure patients were divided into the control group and the intervention group , 50 cases each .The control group was treated with conventional health education .The intervention group was treated with the nursing intervention based on TTM . We evaluated the quality of life in the time of before intervention , 1 month and 3 months after the intervention , respectively , by the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire （ MLHFQ） , and compared the differences . Results 1 month and 3 months after discharge , 2 cases were died and 5 cases were lost during the follow-up in＆amp;nbsp;the intervention group , and 43 cases finished the investigation .3 cases were died and 7 cases were lost during the follow-up in the control group , and 40 cases finished the investigation .Before the intervention , 1 month and 3 months after the intervention, the total score of MLHFQ were （40.14 ±17.59）, （59.98 ±17.44）, （52.28 ±16.46） in the intervention group, and （38.45 ±16.00）, （45.25 ±14.80）, （41.30 ±14.40） in the control group .Before the intervention , there was no statistically difference between the two groups （ P〈0.05）.After the intervention for 1month and 3 months, the differences were significant （ t =3.29, 3.22, respectively;P〈0.05）.Conclusions Comparing with the conventional healthy education , the method based on TTM is one of the most effective ways , which can improve the quality of life of patients with heart failure . Thus, it is worthy of getting widely promoted in hospital . Key words: Heart failure; Quality of life; Transtheoretical model