Effect of acupoint massage combined with transcranial direct current stimulation on cognitive function and quality of life in patients with spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effects of acupoint massage combined with transcranial direct current stimulation on cognitive function and quality of life in patients with spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage, to provide direction for early nursing intervention of patients with spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage.Methods:A total of 214 patients with spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage in First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from February 2018 to May 2020 were selected as the research objects. They were divided into 2 groups by random number table method: control group (107 cases) and observation group (107 cases). The control group was given transcranial direct current stimulation intervention, and the observation group was given acupoint massage intervention on the basis of the control group. The intervention lasted for 3 weeks. The intervention effects, cognitive function and quality of life of the two groups were evaluated by National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale and compared.Results:The total effective rate was 91.59%(98/107) in the observation group, 80.37%(86/107) in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 value was 5.583, P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the cognitive function and quality of life before intervention between the two groups ( P>0.05). The visual space and execution, language, abstraction, delayed recall, orientation and total scores after intervention were (2.54 ± 0.51), (2.35 ± 0.37), (1.96 ± 0.31), (2.78 ± 0.38), (2.88 ± 0.41), (17.48 ± 2.01) points in the observation group, and (2.30 ± 0.62), (2.13 ± 0.36), (1.54 ± 0.38), (2.25 ± 0.43), (2.52 ± 0.38), (15.66 ± 1.89) points in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 3.092-9.554, P<0.05). The energy, family role, mood, personality, language, activities, self-care ability, social role, thinking, upper limb function, vision, work/labor and total scores after intervention were (12.85 ± 2.16), (12.94 ± 3.17), (23.46 ± 3.87), (12.53 ± 3.02), (23.76 ± 4.03), (27.52 ± 4.48), (24.92 ± 3.27), (20.94 ± 4.07), (13.15 ± 2.00), (24.54 ± 4.30), (12.20 ± 2.58), (13.54 ± 2.38), (222.35 ± 24.38) points in the observation group, and (10.04 ± 2.02), (10.52 ± 3.03), (21.25 ± 4.02), (11.15 ± 3.00), (21.46 ± 3.31), (24.37 ± 4.32), (22.38 ± 3.05), (18.60 ± 4.02), (12.47 ± 2.05), (22.08 ± 4.21), (11.42 ± 2.63), (11.05 ± 2.51), (197.49 ± 20.06) points in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 2.190-9.829, P<0.05). Conclusions:Acupoint massage combined with transcranial direct current stimulation can improve the cognitive function and quality of life of patients with spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage, and the effect is definite.