Application of Pareto analysis to assess the negative feeling of caregivers for Alzheimer′s disease patients
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2015.03.011
- VernacularTitle:柏拉图分析法在阿尔茨海默病患者照顾者负性感受评价中的应用
- Author:
Xiaoli YANG
1
;
Min CHEN
;
He ZHANG
;
Aijuan TIAN
;
Ling LI
Author Information
1. 550009 贵阳，解放军第四十四医院护理部
- Keywords:
Alzheimer′s disease;
Pareto analysis;
Caregiver;
Negative feeling
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2015;21(3):277-279
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the application of Pareto analysis method to assess the negative feeling of caregivers for Alzheimer′s disease ( AD) patients, to acquire the main issues and demands to intervene AD caregiver for psychological and affection support, and minimize negative feeling.Methods We surveyed forty six AD caregivers to find out their main issues and demands by return visit and carried out corresponding nursing measures.Pareto analysis had been utilized for statistical analysis.Six months later, caregivers had been investigated again and the results before and after intervention were compared.Results Before intervention, A ( sense of heavy burden ) , B ( social detachment ) , C ( physical fatigued ) accumulated to 49.82%, while D (family tensions) and E (the shortage of social support) occupied 28.57%(25%-75%), and F (the shortage of knowledge) and G (averseness to patients) held 22.61%(<25%).After six months, nurses who selected A decreased from 46 case times to 30 case times, B from 45 case times to 29 case times, C from 45 case times to 25 case times, and the time cases of all these three options reduced from 136 to 84. Conclusions By application of Pareto analysis to assess the statistic of AD caregiver′s negative feeling, it can find out the main issues, release psychological stress for caregivers, enhance quality of life, and provide liable evidence for their physical and psychological demands.
