Influence of family nursing intervention for patients with AD on their quality of life / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective We discussed the problem about home care intervention to improve the ability and quality of life to patients with AD in premetaphase.Methods We applied family health guidance to 41 patients with AD in home care intervention for 1 year,which included cognitive intervention,compre hensive ability training,psychological intervention,home security care,conditioning through dietary and traditional Chinese medicine,acupuncture and massotherapy and prevention of complication.The mini-mental state examination(MMSE),activity of daily living scale(ADL),the short-form-36 health survey(SF-36),Hamilton anxiety scaIe(HAMA)and Hamilton depression scale(HAMD)were used as assessment tools before and after intervention.Results There were significant difference between pre-intervention and post intervention in scores of ADL,SF-36,HAMA and HAMD(P＜0.05),but no significant difference in MMSE(P＞0.05).The compliance with drug treatment increased,incidence of complications reduced and medical costs reduced after intervention,but the difference Was not statistically significant.Conclusions Effective.home cage intervention can improve the patients quality of life and psychological adjustment ability,then delay the course of AD.Besides,home care intervention had positive impact indeed for improving drug treatment compliance and reducing both the incidence of complications and medical costs.