Investigation and analysis on the cognitive impairment of the bedridden elderly patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2008.12.004
- VernacularTitle:老年卧床患者认知障碍的调查分析
- Author:
Qian CHEN
1
;
Su-Zhen LIU
;
Li YUAN
;
Ju-Hong GUO
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西医院
- Keywords:
Bedridden;
Elderly patients;
Activities of daily living;
Social activities;
Cognition;
Complication
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2008;14(12):1351-1353
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the cognition state of the bedridden eldedy patients,and to definitude the correlations between cognition and complication.self-care ability and social activities.Methods The hospitalized bedridden elderly patients from the elderly or cadre section of 5 hospitals in Chengdu were the objects.The self-care ability.social activities and cognition of 151 elderly patients,whose bedridden times exceeding 1 month.were investigated by adopting the correlative scales.Results There were 80.8% of the bedridden elderly patients having light or serious obstacles in cognition.With the increase of bedridden time,the obstacles in cognition were more serious.The obstacle in cognition had positive correlations with the decrease of activities of daily living and the increase of complication(P<0.01),and a negative correlation with the increase of social activities(P<0.01).Conclusions It's necessary to reduce the bedridden time as low as possible,thereby improving their cognition function.
