Effects of comfort care on joint function, pain degree and Baird score after minimally invasive ankle fracture

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Rui Yao et al.

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Objective: To explore the effect of comfort nursing on joint function, pain degree and Baird score after minimally invasive ankle fracture. METHODS: A total of 62 patients with minimally invasive fracture of ankle joint treated in our hospital from July 2019 to July 2020 were selected as the research subjects. According to random number method, all patients were divided into observation group and control group, with 31 cases in each group. Conventional nursing intervention was carried out in the control group and comfort nursing intervention was given in the observation group. After surgery, the recovery of bare joint function was compared between the two groups. Pain scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of pain in the two groups, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) was used to assess patients' anxiety levels, and the comparison was made before, 3 months and 6 months after surgery. The postoperative Baird scores of the two groups were compared. The incidence of postoperative complications between the two groups was statistically analyzed and compared. The nursing satisfaction of the two groups of patients was compared. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, the number of excellent and good cases in observation group was significantly increased (P<0.05), while the number of poor cases was significantly decreased (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the degree of pain and anxiety between the two groups before operation (P>0.05). Compared with preoperation, the pain degree, body anxiety degree and mental anxiety degree in 2 groups at 3 and 6 months after operation were significantly decreased (P<0.05); The pain score, somatic anxiety score and mental anxiety score of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group at 3 and 6 months after surgery (P<0.05); The pain scores of observation group at 3 months and 6 months after surgery were significantly lower than those of control group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the postoperative Baird score in observation group was significantly increased (P<0.05); The incidence of pressure sores, wound infection and complications of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the nursing satisfaction of the observation group was significantly increased (P<0.05). Conclusion: The postoperative nursing of patients with minimally invasive fracture of ankle joint, taking comfortable nursing can effectively improve the joint function and nursing satisfaction of patients, relieve the pain of patients, improve their prognosis, has certain advantages, worthy of further clinical promotion and application.

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