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Building an Integrated Supportive Ecosystem for Mental Health Education across Educational Stages in the Digital and AI Era

Author(s)

Chunqing Wang, Yenan Zhang*

Affiliation(s)

Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics, Hangzhou, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

To investigate the effect of positive expiratory pressure (PEP) equipment on the rapid recovery of lung cancer patients after thoracoscopic surgery and to summarize the application experience, a total of 100 lung cancer patients admitted to the Thoracic Surgery Department for thoracoscopic surgery at Changshu No.1 People's Hospital from May 2016 to March 2018 were included in this study. Randomly assign the two groups to observe or control, and include 50 cases in each group. Both groups received the same routine perioperative care for lung surgery, such as strict smoking cessation, learning effective coughing techniques, breathing exercises, positional changes in bed, etc. Patting on the back was performed to encourage sputum excretion, and aerosol inhalation was used to promote expectoration. The time to chest tube removal and the length of hospital stay were shorter in the observation group compared with the control group, and this difference was statistically significant. The amount of expectoration in the observation group and the control group before and on the first day after surgery were not statistically different. Acapella can help speed up the early excretion of sputum, reduce the duration of chest tube removal and the length of hospitalisation after thoracoscopic surgery, thus promoting the rapid recovery of patients in the post-operative period and is therefore worth promoting.

Keywords

Mental Health Education; Cross-Stage Integration; Support Ecosystem; Ecological System Theory; Artificial Intelligence

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