Three-dimensional psychological guidance combined with evidence-based health intervention in patients with liver abscess treated with ultrasound

BACKGROUND: Liver abscess is a common clinical liver disease mainly caused by suppurative bacteria or amoebae, with early clinical signs of chills, high fever, jaundice, and other symptoms. Establishing its early diagnosis is difficult, which may lead to misdiagnosis. AIM: To observe the effects of psychological guidance combined with evidence-based health intervention in patients with liver abscess treated with ultrasound. METHODS: A total of 120 patients with bacterial liver abscess admitted to our hospital from May 2018 to February 2021 were selected and divided into groups according to their intervention plan. RESULTS: After the intervention, Self-Rating Depression Scale, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Perceived Burden Scale (SPBS), and quality of life scores (physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role emotional, mental health) were lower than before the intervention in the two groups. The observation group had lower negative sentiment, SPBS, and quality of life scores than the control group. In the observation group, 31 and 24 patients had good and general compliance, respectively, with a compliance rate of 91.67%, which was significantly higher than that in the control group. The observation group had significantly lower total incidence of incision infection, abdominal abscess, hemorrhage, and severe abdominal pain than the control group. CONCLUSION: Three-dimensional psychological guidance combined with evidence-based health intervention in treating liver abscess can reduce patients’ burden and negative emotions, improve patient compliance and quality of life, and reduce complications.