Efficacy of novel phased health education in the management of anorectal care

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of novel phased health education in the management of anorectal care.

Methods: This study prospectively enrolled 204 patients undergoing suprahemorrhoidal mucosal circumcision/hemorrhoid ligation + external hemorrhoidectomy in the anorectal department of Shaoxing Second Hospital from January 2020 to January 2021. All subjects were randomized to receive either routine phased health education (control group) or modified phased health education (study group), with 102 patients in each group. We assessed the efficacy of modified phased health education in the aspects of disease and treatment awareness, self-care ability, treatment compliance, postoperative pain, postoperative adverse events, and patient satisfaction.

Results: Patients in the study group exhibited better disease and treatment awareness, self-care ability, and treatment compliance than those in the control group (P<0.05). Modified phased health education provided patients with more pain mitigation and a lower incidence of adverse events as compared with routine phased health education (P<0.05). Patients in the study group reported a higher satisfaction rate (P<0.05).

Conclusion: Modified phased health education provided higher efficacy in postoperative care than routine phased health education by enhancing the disease awareness and satisfaction of patients and mitigating postoperative pain.