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Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1399616
This article is part of the Research Topic The Role of Nursing in Public Health Promotion and Education View all 9 articles

Continuous Nursing for Infants with Congenital Talipes Equinovarus Undergoing Ponseti Therapy and Telehealth Education for their Parents via WeChat：a single center retrospective study

Provisionally accepted
Xiangxuan Wang Xiangxuan Wang 1,2*Kainan Lin Kainan Lin 1,2Jinrun Lin Jinrun Lin 1,2Wenchen Xu Wenchen Xu 1,2Hui Chen Hui Chen 1,2*
  • 1 Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
  • 2 Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Fujian Children's Hospital（Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children's Medical Center）, Fuzhou, China

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    This study aimed to evaluate the impact of continuous nursing and telehealth education via WeChat in infants with congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) undergoing Ponseti therapy on reducing complications, care burden, and improving the quality of life for parents.Methods: This is a single-center retrospective study. From July 2021 to December 2022, 44 CTEV children who undergoing Ponseti treatment in our hospital who received continuous nursing and telehealth education via WeChat(experimental group). In addition, during January 2020 to June 2021, 44 children with CTEV treated with Ponseti in our hospital who received routine nursing and traditional health education were selected as the control group. The incidence of complications, parental care burden and parental quality of life were compared between the two groups.Results: There was no significant difference in the demographic characteristics of patients and parents between the two groups, and the groups were comparable(P>0.05).The incidence of complications including plaster loosens, plaster falling off, pressure ulcer was significantly lower in the intervention group compared to the control group (P<0.05). Parents in the intervention group experienced significantly lower care burdens compared to those in the control group (P<0.05). The quality of life of parents in the intervention group was significantly higher than that for the control group (P<0.05). There were significant differences in the incidence of complications, the care burden of parents and the quality of life of parents between the two groups.This study found that continuous nursing and telehealth education via WeChat group during Ponsetis treatment of children with CTEV can effectively reduce complications, reduce the care burden of parents and improve the quality of life of parents. This method is simple and convenient, especially worthy of application and promotion in medically underdeveloped areas.

    Keywords: continuous care, telehealth education, WeChat group, complications, Care burden, Congenital talipes equinovarus, Ponseti treatment, Parents

    Received: 12 Mar 2024; Accepted: 11 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Lin, Lin, Xu and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Xiangxuan Wang, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
    Hui Chen, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

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