ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate treatment of meditation training for elderly patients with cogni-tive disorder recovering from operation for valvular heart disease( VHD) . Method 67 elderly patients who were up to the inclusion criteria were divided into experiment group( n=34)and control group( n=33),by dropping coins according to the admission time.Both of the two groups accepted regular health education and mental nursing.Besides,the experiment group accepted meditation training 5 times a week. Montreal Cogni-tive Assessment (MoCA) was used to evaluate cognitive function before and after the treatment. Results ( 1) Ridit analysis showed the intervention effect of the experimental group was better than that of the control group( R=2.12, t=-2.48, u=0.02),and the difference was statistically significant(P<0,05).The total effec-tive rate of experiment group is 90.32%,while the rate of control group is 62.89%. (2)The score of MoCA for the experiment group(25.79±1.23)was higher than that of the control group(23.85±1.82)after 6 weeks intervention,and the difference was statistically significant( t=5.14,P<0.01).(3) The score of MoCA of the experiment group before the intervention (23.91±2.22)was lower than after 6 weeks intervention(25.79±1. 23),and the difference was statistically significant( t=-4.30,P<0.01).Conclusion Meditation training can effectively improve cognitive function of elderly patients recovering from operation for VHD.