Effect of nursing care on patients with Alzheimer's disease
- VernacularTitle:老年痴呆患者早期护理干预的研究
- Author:
Wenjing LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Alzheimer disease;
Eary intervention(Educotion);
Clinical nursing research
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2008;15(9):1446-1447
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the efficieency of nursing care for mild Alzheimer's disease.Methods 42 cases of patients with mild Alzheimer'sdisease were randomly divided into 2 groups: the nursing care group and the control group.MMSE and ADL tests were applied at the baseline and after 2 year.Results Cognitive ability and activities of daily living of the nursing care group comparatively maintained than those of the control group after 2 year(P<0.01).Conclusion Nursing care at early stage may help to delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease.