title: [Efficacy of health education on patients with hip replacement based on the Internet].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of health education on patients with hip replacement based on the Internet, and to establish a new health education model through modern technology.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 300 patients with hip replacement from March to August, 2015 were enrolled in this study. The participants were divided into a control group and an experimental group according to months surgeries performed. Traditional education was applied in the control group while the multimedia source material plus the Internet platform of Joint Registration System were applied in the experimental group. Levels of anxiety, degree of satisfaction, and postoperative complications were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of knowledge, attitude and behavior compliance in the patients of the experimental group were significantly improved, while the levels of postoperative anxiety were decreased compared with those in the control group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Education based on the Internet platform of Joint Registration System and the computer video could improve patients' knowledge, attitude, and behavior, which is worthy of clinical spread.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Changsha 410078; Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha 410008,China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Tubao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yinglan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Biyun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019212:Multimedia; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic