Analysis of therapeutic effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on neuropsychological disorders in senile patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with cerebral infarction / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the therapeutic effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) in the treatment of neuropsychological disorders in senile patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with cerebral infarction. Methods A total of 70 senile patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with cerebral infarction were randomly divided into two groups treatment group receiving HBO plus routine medicine treatment and control group receiving routing medicine treatment only. A suit of senile neuropsychological tests was administered pre and post treatment by an experienced psychometrician who was blinded to treatment group assignments. Results Neuropsychological disorders were improved partly in control group while the efficacy in treatment group was markedly improved(P<0.01). Spearman rank correlation analysis revealed that the improvement degree of neuropsychological disorders was positively correlated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) (r= 0.502,P<0.05), the time of test before therapy (r=0.260, P<0.05) and the time of test after therapy (r=0.386, P<0.05), and was negatively correlated with hyperlipoidemia (r=-0.261, P< 0.05), glycosylated hemoglobin(GHbAlc) (r=-0.321,P<0.05) and body mass index(BMI) (r= 0.360,P<0.05). Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that HBO and hyperlipoidemia were the independent predictors for the improvement degree of neuropsychological disorders. Conclusions HBO is an efficacious way to treat neuropsychological disorders in senile patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with cerebral infarction.