Effects of nursing intervention on the treatment compliance in the elderly hypertensive patients / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effects of nursing intervention on the treatment compliance in elderly hypertensive patients. Methods A total of 117 cases of elderly hypertensive patients were randomly divided into observation group and control group.All patients in two groups were given routine drug treatment and care.On this basis,the patients in the observation group were interfered according to the treatment compliance,such as medication time,monitoring blood pressure,health education and so on.The evaluation was done 6 months after discharge. Results The treatment compliance of the observation group was much higher than that of the control group.The treatment compliance effect of the observation group showed much better than that of the control group with significant difference(P＜0.01).In the blood pressure of admission,there was no significant difference between the two groups.The blood pressure of the observation group was significantly decreased than that of the control group after 6 months follow- up with significant difference(P＜0.05). Conclusion The nursing intervention can significantly improve the treatment compliance and antihypertensive effect in elderly hypertensive patients.