Abstract: Objective:To explore the effects of health education based on transtheoretical model on the recovery behavior in postoperative patients with breast cancer.Methods:Twenty-one standard-compliant patients from August to December 2014,and 23 cases standard-compliant patients from January to June 2015 were divided into the control group and observation group,respectively.The control group and observation group were implemented with routine health education and transtheoretical model health education,respectively.All patients were evaluated using the DASH and self-designed questionnaire after 10 days,1 month and 3 months of operation.Results:The DASH scores in observation group after 1 month and 3 months of operation were lower than that in control group(P<0.01 and P<0.05).The compliance score in observation group after 3 months of operation was higher than that in control group(P<0.05).With the time going by,the DASH score gradually decreased,the compliance gradually increased,and the differences of statistically significant(P<0.01).Conclusions:The health education based on transtheoretical model can improve the compliance of the recovery behavior,and promote the upper limb recovery,with the time going by,the effect is more significant.