To explore the effects of nursing interventions based on SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based) principle in patients with chronic urticaria.

From January 2021 to January 2022, convenience sampling was used to select 128 patients with chronic urticaria admitted to the allergy department of Henan Provincial People's Hospital as the study subject. The patients were divided into control group and observation group using a random number table method, with 64 cases in each group. The control group received routine nursing, while the observation group received nursing interventions based on SMART principle for three months. The Rating Scale of Health Self-management Skill for Adults, Life Event Scale, and Trait Coping Style Questionnaire were used to measure patients before and three months after intervention, and short-term efficacy was evaluated.

The total short-term curative effective rate of the observation group was 82.81% (53/64), while the control group was 65.63% (42/64) ; the recurrent interval time in the observation group was (30.29±7.35) days, while in the control group it was (21.63±7.46) days; and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). After intervention, the scores of the self-management behavior, self-management cognition, self-management environment, and the total score of Rating Scale of Health Self-management Skill for Adults in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). After intervention, the scores of positive event stimulus in Life Event Scale and positive coping in Trait Coping Style Questionnaire in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, while the scores of negative event stimulus and negative coping were lower than those in the control group, with statistically significant differences (P<0.05) .

Nursing interventions based on the SMART principle can effectively improve the short-term curative efficacy and the self-management ability of patients with chronic urticaria, and change their physiological and social stress levels and coping styles.

Chronic urticaria; Nursing interventions; SMART principle; Life event; Trait coping styles