Effect of health education on the psychological pressure and their behavior of ICU patients family members

Objective To explore the effect of health education on the psychological and behavior of ICU patients family members.Methods A total of 33 patients admitting to hospital during Jan 2011 and Dec 2011 were selected as control groups and 37 patients during Jan 2012 and Dec 2012 were selected as experiment groups.Family members of experiment groups were given systemic,omni bearing,dynamic and consecutive health education,while family members of control group only got answers when they asked in a 1h visiting time.And a SCL-90 score were performed.Results Patients family members of experiment groups had a actively mental status.Its SCL 90 score was significantly lower than that of control group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Systemic,omni bearing,dynamic and consecutive health education can significantly reduce mental stress to ICU patients family members,promote patients through the crisis as soon as possible,and improve patients' satisfaction. Key words: Intensive care;  Mental nursing;  Family members;  Health education