Study on effect of cluster nursing intervention on cognitive improvement of senile dementia caregivers / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of cluster nursing intervention on cognitive improvement in the caregivers of senile dementia.Methods Totally 95 caregivers of senile dementia selected from a grade 3 A hospital in Chongqing City were employed the cluster nursing intervention.The Alzheimer's disease knowledge assessment (ADKS) scale was used to conduct the assessment before and after intervention.Results The ADKS total score before intervention in the caregivers of senile dementia was (19.970±2.216) points,which after intervention was (23.400± 1.270) points,the difference was statistically significant (P=0.000).The ADKS scores at high,middle and low score segmentations after intervention were significantly higher than those before intervention(P＜0.05),in which the difference between the low score segmentation and middle score segmentation was more significant.Conclusion The cluster nursing intervention has obvious improvement effect on the cognitive situation in the caregivers of senile dementia,especially for the group of lower ADKS scores.