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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 494-498.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.05.011

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The effect of 3D printing technology and education on preoperative improvement of negative emotion in patients with thoracic tuberculosis

Jia-mei ZHENG,Li-xia HUANG,Min WANG,Yang-hui JIN()   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital of Zhejiang Province,Hangzhou 310003,China
  • Received:2017-12-28 Online:2018-05-10 Published:2018-06-12
  • Contact: Yang-hui JIN E-mail:15224065775@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To explore the influence of 3D printing technology and education on preoperative improvement of negative emotions in thoracic spinal tuberculosis patients.Methods Between January 2016 and December 2017 in Orthopedics Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital of Zhejiang Province, 42 patients with thoracic tuberculosis were enrolled. By the coin cast method, two wards were randomly divided into control group and observation group (21 cases in each group). Patients in the control group were given routine nursing, whereas patients in the observation group were given routine care and individual education using 3D print model. The average number of preoperative daily wakes, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-perceived burden scale (SPBS), and self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores were compared, and the influence of 3D printing technology and education on preoperative improvement of negative emotions was assessed in patients with thoracic spinal tuberculosis.Results The number of daily wakes of the observation group was (0.95±0.86), lower than that in the control group (3.66±1.31)(t=7.90, P<0.05). The preoperative SAS score of the observation group (43.40±6.53) was significantly lower than that of the control group (58.45±7.78), the SPBS score (27.09±6.13) was significantly lower than that of the control group (34.43±5.97), and the SDS score (41.45±5.72) was significantly lower than that of the control group (53.26±7.53) (t=6.79,t=3.93,t=5.72,P<0.01). The satisfaction scores of the preoperative care and education in the control group and the observation group were (85.56±7.97) and (94.35±7.56), respectively; the difference was statistically significant (t=3.67, P=0.001).Conclusion Using 3D printing technology to produce equal proportion models and then performing preoperative education can reduce the number of patients’ daily wakes, improve the patients’ negative emotions, and enhance the patients’ satisfaction with nursing staff.

Key words: Tuberculosis, spinal, Thoracic vertebrae, Preoperative care, Emotions, Comparative study, 3D printing