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ObjectiveTo explore the effect of intervention based on theory of planned behavior on muscle attenuation and balance of the elderly with sarcopenia. MethodsFrom September, 2022 to February, 2023, 124 elderly people with sarcopenia were conveniently sampled from Lishuiwan Community and Shuxiangyuan Community in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. According to the coin toss, 62 elderly people from Shuxiangyuan Community were designated as control group, and 62 elderly people from Lishuiwan Community were as intervention group. The intervention group implemented the intervention based on the theory of planned behavior, including behavior attitude, behavior, subjective norms, perceived behavior control and behavior awareness; the control group maintained their original lifestyle, for twelve weeks. Before and after intervention, the grip strength, time of Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test, relative appendicular skeletal muscle index (RASM), 6-minute walking speed and the score of Berg Balance Scale (BBS) were compared. ResultsAfter intervention, the grip strength, RASM, 6-minute walking speed, and the score of BBS significantly increased, and the time of Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test shortened in the intervention group (|Z| > 6.257, |t| > 28.643, P < 0.001), and they were better in the intervention group than in the control group (|Z| > 2.288, |t| > 3.177, P < 0.05). ConclusionThe intervention based on theory of planned behavior can effectively relieve the muscle attenuation of the elderly with sarcopenia, and improve their balance ability.
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Objective:To explore the effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) on lactation, uterine involution of parturients and neonatal pain.Methods:A total of 200 parturients who gave birth at full term in our hospital from January 2019 to June 2019 and their newborns were selected as the research objects, they were randomly divided into control group and observation group of 100 pairs each. The control group received routine obstetric postpartum care and the observation group received KMC. The KMC cognition, postpartum lactation and uterine involution, neonatal pain during neonatal heel blood collection were compared between the two groups.Results:The cognition of KMC in the observation group was significantly better than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( χ 2 value was 24.700, P<0.01). The first lactation time of parturients in the observation group was (41.25±3.20) hours after birth, which was earlier than (54.17±2.20) hours in the control group, there was significant difference between the two groups ( t value was 2.378, P value was 0.019). The breast pain Ⅰ degree (20 cases), Ⅱ degree (56 cases), Ⅲ degree (24 cases) in observation group were significantly lighter than those in control group (62, 27, 11 cases respectively) 72h after delivery, the differences were statistically significant ( t value was 12.166, P value was 0.011). The parturients of sufficient lactation in the observation group (73 cases) were more than those in the control group (34 case),the differences was statistically significant ( χ 2 value was 30.570, P value was 0.000). The uterine fundus of the observation group decreased by (3.06±1.26) cm and (1.67 ±0.43) cm at 24h and 48h postnatally, which were better than those of the control group (1.97±0.92) cm and (1.23±0.18) cm,the differences were statistically significant ( t value was 3.162, P value was 0.002; t value was 2.689, P value was 0.009). In the process of heel blood collection after 72h of delivery in both groups, the pain scores of the observation group during and after blood collection were 4.92±0.33 and 2.37±1.27 respectively, which were lower than those of the control group (5.57±1.37 and 5.01±1.09), and the differences were statistically significant ( t value was 2.035, P value was 0.046; t value was 2.579, P value was 0.011). The heart rates of the observation group during and after blood collection were (121.36±22.13) and (142.55±23.91) beats/min, respectively, which were lower than (152.64±18.21) and (156.79±17.37) beats/min of the control group, the difference were statistically significant ( t value was 2.375, P value was 0.018; t value was 2.126, P value was 0.037). The blood oxygen saturation of the observation group during and after blood collection were 0.967 2±0.013 7 and 0.985 5 ±0.022 4 respectively, which were significantly higher than 0.891 7±0.116 5 and 0.914 5±0.137 8 of the control group ( t value was 2.036, P value was 0.046; t value was 2.017, P value was 0.047). Conclusions:The implementation of KMC can promote lactation, accelerate uterine involution, and relieve the pain of neonats during neonatal heel blood collection; Strengthening the health education of KMC can improve the cognition of parturients and their families about KMC, which has positive significance in promoting maternal and infant health and is worthy of clinical application.