Objective  To explore the nursing effects of WeChat health education platform for patients with chronic renal failure (CRF).

  Methods  The clinical data of 84 patients with CRF were retrospectively analyzed. The patients in control group(n=38) were given routine out-of-hospital education guidance intervention, and those in WeChat group (n=46) received continuous nursing intervention by WeChat health education platform. The knowledge mastery, self-efficacy, coping styles, self-management behaviors and quality of life and hospitalization rate after 1 and 3 months of intervention were compared between the two groups.

  Results  After 3 months of intervention, the scores of knowledge mastery, self-efficacy, coping styles, self-management behaviors and quality of life in WeChat group were significantly higher than those in control group (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the hospitalization rate between the two groups within 1 month of intervention (P>0.05). The hospitalization rate in WeChat group was significantly lower than that in control group within 3 months of intervention(P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  WeChat health education platform can effectively help CRF patients to learn relevant knowledge outside the hospital, and achieve scientific and standardized self-management, and it is beneficial to improve the prognosis.