Application of APP in continuing care of discharged patients with condylar fracture after operation / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the application effect of APP in continuing care of discharged patients with condylar fracture after operation. Methods By convenience sampling,from September 2016 to March 2017 in a ward of oral and maxillofacial surgery and received surgical treatment of condylar fracture patients 81 cases, randomly divided into observation group (41 cases) and control group (40 cases).On the basis of routine health education,the observation group carried out continuous care by APP, while the control group received routine health education. The opening type, opening degree, occlusion relation and temporomandibular joint pain in two groups were compared at 6 months after discharge. Results The results of 6 months, the patients in the observation group were open type, occlusion and TMJ pain were better than the control group, the opening degree of the observation group was (35.51 ± 4.34) mm, control group was (31.28 ± 4.57) mm, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(t=-4.28,P<0.05).There was no statistical difference between the two groups of occlusion and temporomandibular joint pain (P>0.05). Conclusions APP can improve the open type, opening and occlusal relation and temporomandibular joint pain in patients with condylar fracture after operation.