Effect of community nursing intervention on hypertension combined with diabetes in elderly patients / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of community nursing intervention on hypertension combined with diabetes in elderly patients.Methods Five hundred and twenty elderly hypertensive patients with diabetes aged over 60 years in 10 communities of Shenzhen were randomly divided into a control group and a study group,260 cases in each group.All the patients in the two groups were given regular follow-ups in community clinics after discharge.Then the control group received instructions on relevant knowledge by the nurses in the community clinics,while the study group received nursing intervention by phone calls or visits by professional nurses once a month.The two groups were compared in terms of blood pressure,blood sugar and blood lipids 12 months after intervention.Results There were no significant differences in blood pressure,blood sugar and blood lipids between the two groups before the intervention(all P>0.05).After intervention,however,the differences were significant(all P<0.05).Conclusion Community nursing intervention may effectively improve hypertension and diabetes in the elderly patients by improving the levels of blood pressure,blood glucose and blood lipid,thereby reducing the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.