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- Title
Application of WeChat platform in the management of patients infected with Helicobacter pylori.
- Authors
Ma, Huan; Zhao, Xin‐hua; Zhang, Li‐li; Wu, Li‐meng
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of using WeChat platform to manage the patients with H. pylori infection. Methods: 566 patients were randomly divided into two groups: The control group was treated with traditional management method, and the experimental group established WeChat group and implemented the informatization management. The two groups were given a unified plan to eradicate H. pylori. After the treatment, the C14 breath test was reexamined. The follow‐up rate and H. pylori eradication rate of the two groups were counted. Results: In the experimental group, 289 patients were enrolled and 271 patients were followed up. The follow‐up rate was 93.8%. The number of H. pylori‐negative patients was 244, and the eradication rate was 90.0%. In the control group, 277 patients were enrolled in the study, and 215 patients were followed up. The follow‐up rate was 77.6%. 169 cases of H. pylori‐negative conversion were found, and the eradication rate was 78.6%. Conclusion: Through WeChat management, the medication adherence, regular follow‐up, and H.pylori infection eradication rate of the patients with H.pylori infection in the experimental group were better than that in control group, during the treatment of eradicating H.pylori, and the difference was statistically significant.
- Subjects
HELICOBACTER pylori; HELICOBACTER pylori infections; PATIENT compliance; BREATH tests; EXPERIMENTAL groups
- Publication
Helicobacter, 2021, Vol 26, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1083-4389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/hel.12832