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Aims: To investigate the effects of multimedia health education on psychological burden, quality of life, and self-efficacy of patients with congenital microtia. Materials and Methods: Eighty cases of patients with congenital microtia treated and cared for in our hospital from June 2018 to June 2022 were selected according to the numerical table method as retrospective study subjects and divided into 40 cases each in the comparison group and the observation group. The comparison group implemented conventional health education and discharge instruction, and the observation group implemented multimedia health education care to compare the effects of self-efficacy, self-care ability and psychological burden of patients in the two groups. Results: Before care, the two groups had no statistically significant difference in the quality of life scores (P > 0.05). Aftercare, the mental vitality scores, social interaction scores, emotional limitation scores, and mental status of patients in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the comparison group (P < 0.05). Before nursing care, there was no statistically significant difference in the nursing ability and anxiety-depression scores between the two groups (P > 0.05). After nursing care, the health knowledge level, self-care skills, self-care responsibility, and self-concept of the observation group were higher than the comparison group, while the depression-emotional disorder scores were significantly lower than the comparison group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Routine health education and discharge instruction combined with multimedia health education care can effectively improve the quality of life of patients with congenital microtia, reduce adverse emotions, and improve patients' sense of self-efficacy.