Effect of community nursing intervention on dementia caregivers' quality of life at home
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-0815.2014.03.008
- VernacularTitle:社区护理干预对居家阿尔茨海默病照顾者生活质量的影响
- Author:
Ling WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intervention studies;
Quality of life;
Alzheimer's disease;
Caregivers
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Management
2014;8(3):176-179
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of community nursing intervention on the dementia caregivers'quality of life at home.Methods General situation questionnaire,simple intelligent state scale and patients daily life ability scale were used to evaluate patients' medical condition.Health questionnaire (SF-36) was used to assess the caregiver's quality of life at baseline and 3,6,9,12,18 and 24 months after the intervention.Results Compared with the control group,three dimension scores of the caregivers,including physical function(PF),restriction of physical heahh(RP) and mental health(MH),were significantly increased at 9,12,18 and 24 months after intervention,and the difference was significant(PF:t values were 2.084,2.118,2.051 and 2.591,respectively; RP:t values were 2.204,2.377,3.032 and 3.785,respectively; MH:t values were 2.112,2.369,3.204 and 2.913,respectively; all P＜0.05).Moreover,there was significantly difference between the two groups in two dimension scores of restricted role caused by emotional problems(RE) and general health(GH) at 12,18 and 24 months after intervention(RE:t values were 2.211,2.471 and 2.779,respectively; GH:t values were 2.158,2.485 and 2.887,respectively; all P＜ 0.05).For the intervention group,RP,RE,PF,MH and GH at 24 months showed statistically significant difference with baseline(t values were 3.131,3.293,2.457,3.618 and 3.433,respectively; all P＜0.05).However,there was no difference between the two groups in body pain(BP),vitality(VT) and social function (SF),and there was no statistically significant difference before and after the intervention(all P＞0.05).There was no statistically significant difference before and after the intervention in each dimension scores of SF-36 of the control group(P＞0.05).Conclusion Community nursing intervention can improve senile dementia caregivers'quality of life.
