Application effect of family intervention model in early Alzheimer's disease patients' family
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2013.06.010
- VernacularTitle:家庭干预模式在早期阿尔茨海默病患者家庭中应用的效果评价
- Author:
Ruifen ZHANG
;
Lizhen SHEN
;
Junxiang JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Alzheimer's disease;
Friedman family intervention mode;
Personal life ability;
Quality of life;
Psychological status
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2013;(6):28-31
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the impact of Friedman family intervention model on the personal life ability and psychological status of caregivers of early Alzheimer's disease patients.Methods 66 Alzheimer's disease patients,according to the random sequence,were divided into the study group and the control group with 33 patients in each group respectively.The control group received routine geriatric care,the study group was given Friedman family intervention model on the basis of routine geriatric care.Two groups were estimated with Life Scale Index and ADL before intervention and two months after intervention respectively,and the matching caregiver were evaluated with Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90).Results Compared with the control group,the quality of daily life after the intervention of the study group was significantly improved,and the differences of daily living skills between two groups were statistically significant.The differences of the SCL-90 total score and depression,anxiety,somatization,interpersonal factor scores of caregivers between the two groups were statistically significant after two months of intervention.Conclusions The application of Friedman family intervention model plays a significant role in the improvement of the quality of daily life and daily living skills in patients with Alzheimer's disease,and can improve the psychological status of the caregivers of AD patients.
