Abstract:Objective To explore the effects of information-motivation-behavior(IMB) nursing model on psychological status, surgery awareness and health behavior of patients undergoing cholecystectomy. Methods A total of 86 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from July 2019 to June 2021 were selected as subjects and randomly divided into control group and observation group(n=43, each). The routine nursing was performed in control group, and IMB nursing model was conducted in observation group. Before and after nursing intervention, the mental state, surgical cognition and health behavior were compared between two groups. Results One day before operation and one month after discharge, the scores of Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS) were significantly lower than those at admission in two groups(P＜0.05), and decreased significantly in observation group compared with those in control group(P＜0.01). At 1 month after discharge, the SAS and SDS scores were significantly lower than those at 1 day before operation in two groups(P＜0.05), and were statistically lower in observation group than those in control group(P＜0.01). At discharge, the surgical awareness scores were significantly higher in both groups and were higher in observation group than that in control group(P＜0.01). One month after discharge, the scores of nutrition, psychological well-being, exercise, health responsibility and total scores in the Chinese version of SRAHP(Self-Rating Health Behavior Ability Scale) were significantly increased in two groups(P＜0.05), and were statistically higher in observation group than those in control group(P＜0.01). Conclusion The IMB nursing model can reduce the negative psychology of patients with cholecystectomy and improve their awareness of surgery and health behavior.