Influence of early acupuncture intervention combined with functional training on quality of life for patients with stroke / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of early acupuncture intervention combined with functional training on quality of life for patients with stroke.Methods 110 stroke patients were randomly divided into the observation group and control group,55 cases in each group.The control group received conventional hospital treatment and related functions training,while the observation group was given early acupuncture interventions and related treatment on the basis of the control group.All the patients were treated for 1 month.At the end of treatment and 3 months after discharge,their quality of life score (SS-QOL) were compared.Results The SS-QOL scores showed significant improvement in all aspects than before treatment,the differences were statistically significant(control group t =6.009,7.126,observation group t =6.140,7.092,all P ＜0.05).The improvement of SS-QOL scores of the observation group was significantly better than the control group (t =5.448,7.036,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Early acupuncture intervention combined with functional training can significantly improve the day-to-day quality of life,and it is worth further promoted in clinical.