To explore the effect of transitional care model on health recovery in discharged elderly patients with angiocardiopathy.

A group of transitional care of geriatric department was formed by physicians and nurses of geriatric department, physicians and therapists of rehabilitation department and so on. A total of 81 discharged patients with angiocardiopathy of geriatric department in the Second People's Hospital of Nantong were selected as research group from July 2015 to February 2016 using purposive sampling. They accepted transitional care. A total of 85 elderly patients with angiocardiopathy were recruited as control between December 2015 to June 2016 with routine health education. The effect and the patients' satisfaction were compared between two groups.

The compliance rate of medication of patients was 93.6% in research group and 65.8% in control group in the second week after leaving hospital with a significant difference (χ²=20.447, P<0.05) . There was a statistically significant difference in satisfaction between research group [ (95.21±1.98) %] and control group [ (88.34±1.84) %] (t=32.747 0, P<0.05) .

The transitional care can improve the medication compliance in discharged elderly patients with angiocardiopathy, help them build up health lifestyle and improve the quality of life of patients.

Cardiovascular diseases; Transitional care; Cardiac rehabilitation; Compliance