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Objective To investigate the impact of Friedman family intervention model on the personal life ability and psychological status of caregivers of early Alzheimer's disease patients.Methods 66 Alzheimer's disease patients,according to the random sequence,were divided into the study group and the control group with 33 patients in each group respectively.The control group received routine geriatric care,the study group was given Friedman family intervention model on the basis of routine geriatric care.Two groups were estimated with Life Scale Index and ADL before intervention and two months after intervention respectively,and the matching caregiver were evaluated with Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90).Results Compared with the control group,the quality of daily life after the intervention of the study group was significantly improved,and the differences of daily living skills between two groups were statistically significant.The differences of the SCL-90 total score and depression,anxiety,somatization,interpersonal factor scores of caregivers between the two groups were statistically significant after two months of intervention.Conclusions The application of Friedman family intervention model plays a significant role in the improvement of the quality of daily life and daily living skills in patients with Alzheimer's disease,and can improve the psychological status of the caregivers of AD patients.
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Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of Shen Wu Guanxin Granules(SWGG),a prescription with the actions of tonifying kidney,strengthening Qi and activating blood,for angina pectoris(AP) due to coronary heart disease(CHD) with kidney deficiency and blood stasis.Methods Ninety patients with AP due to CHD with kidney deficiency and blood stasis were randomized into two groups according to the double-blind and double-dummy principles.The two groups received routine western medicine,and the treatment group(N=60) received SWGG and the control group(N=30) received Di'ao Xinxuekang Capsules additionally.The treatment lasted 4 weeks.After treatment,the therapeutic effect on AP and electrocardiogram(ECG) was evaluated,and the changes of main symptoms as well as the laboratory parameters were observed before and after treatment.Results In the treatment group,the total therapeutic effect on AP and ECG was 91.7% and 85.0% respectively,higher than 73.3% and 66.7% in the control group(P