ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the effect of 3R intensified nursing care on the patients with vascular dementia (VD) from the neuropsychological perspective. Methods Sixty patients from the outpatient and inpatient department of cardiology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were randomized into the experiment group and control group according to the random number table. The control group was given routine nursing care and the experiment group was given 3R intensified nursing care for 12 weeks. The patients′ cognitive abilities, daily living abilities and mental capacities were compared before and after the treatment between the two groups. Result The total effective rate of the patients′ cognitive abilities and daily living abilities after the treatment in the experiment group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion The treatment of VD patients with 3R intensified nursing care is effective in that it can improve patients′ cognitive abilities, daily living abilities, and mental capacities.