Effects of family-centered conductive education on muscle strength in children with cerebral palsy and stress of caregivers
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20210204-00600
- VernacularTitle:以家庭为中心的引导式教育对小儿脑瘫患者肌力及照顾者压力的影响
- Author:
Lei ZHAO
1
;
Guangfei SUN
;
Yu WAN
;
Linlin LU
;
Qinliang ZHENG
;
Wenxian CAI
Author Information
1. 济宁医学院附属医院儿科，济宁 272007
- Keywords:
Health education;
Child;
Cerebral palsy;
Muscle strength;
Main caregiver;
Pressure
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2021;27(30):4153-4157
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effects of family-centered conductive education on the muscle strength in children with cerebral palsy and the stress of caregivers.Methods:Totally 92 children with cerebral palsy and 92 their main caregivers admitted into the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University from October 2018 to December 2019 were selected and divided into a control group and a conductive education group according to the random number table, with 46 children with cerebral palsy and their 46 main caregivers in each group. Patients in the control group received routine care, while patients in the conductive education group underwent family-centered conductive education on the basis of routine care. The Chinese version of the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) , Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) , and the Chinese version of Family Management Measure (FaMM) were used to evaluate the muscle strength, caregiver pressure, and disease management ability of the two groups before and after intervention. Therefore, there were actually 43 cases in the control group and 42 cases in the conductive education group.Results:After intervention, the MAS scores of the two groups were lower than those at admission, and the score was lower in the conductive education group than in the control group, with statistically significant differences ( P<0.05) ; the CSI score of caregivers in the conductive education group was lower than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P< 0.05) , while the FaMM score was higher than that in the control group, with statistically significant difference ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Family-centered conductive education can effectively reduce the muscle strength of children with cerebral palsy, alleviate the pressure of their caregivers, and improve the caregivers' disease management ability.
