The effects of traditional Chinese medicine intervention among community-dwelling elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of health management intervention with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) characteristics among community-dwelling elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment(MCI).Methods A quasi-experimental study design was adopted,and 40 elderly patients with MCI were randomly selected from 2 communities in Zhang-jia-wan Neighborhood in Wuhan.A phased,step-by-step health management for communitydwelling elderly patients with MCI was implemented,which lasted four months.The content of health management intervention included guidance of basic disease knowledge,cognitive training,acupoint massage,exercise of TCM,emotion of TCM and lifestyle of TCM.Knowledge-Attitude-Practice scale and Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale were used before and after intervention.The results were analyzed by descriptive analysis,paired t test,x2 test and other statistical methods.Results There were significant differences in MoCA total score and scores of language,abstract and delayed recall dimensions(P＜0.05);differences of KAP total score,and scores of knowledge dimension and attitude dimension were statistically significant (P＜0.05).Conclusion Health management intervention with TCM characteristics can increase cognitive ability and KAP level among community-dwelling elderly patients with MCI.