Objective  To explore the efficacy of pathway pain management combined with video health education in treatment of orthopedic trauma patients in perioperative period.

  Methods  Totally 90 patients with fracture in perioperative period were selected and randomly divided into control group and observation group, with 45 cases in each group. The control group received routine nursing, and the observation group received pathway pain management combined with video health education. Perioperative pain score, implementation rate of functional exercise, average hospital stay, sleeping time and satisfaction degree of analgesia control were compared between two groups.

  Results  The perioperative pain score was significartly lower, and the average hospital stay in the observation group was significantly shorter than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The implementation rate of functional exercise and satisfaction degree the in the observation group were significantly higher, the sleeping time in the observation group was siginificantly longer than that in the control group (P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  Pathway pain management combined with video health education can effectively relieve pain in orthopedic trauma patients in perioperative period, increase satisfaction degree of analgesia control, promote functional exercise, improve the quality of sleep and shorten the average hospital stay.