Effect of nutritional support based on clinical nursing pathway on nutritional status and quality of life among elderly inpatients with Alzheimer disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-635X.2019.05.005
- VernacularTitle: 基于临床护理路径的营养支持对阿尔茨海默病老年住院患者营养状况和生活质量的影响
- Author:
Caiyun LIU
1
;
Hongdi DU
;
Wei LI
;
Xiaoxuan LIU
;
Kang YU
Author Information
1. Department of Health Care, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Alzheimer disease;
Elderly inpatients;
Clinical nursing pathway;
Nutritional support;
Nutritional risk screening;
Quality of life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2019;27(5):287-292
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effect of nutritional support based on clinical nursing pathway on nutritional status and quality of life among elderly inpatients with Alzheimer disease (AD).
Methods:A total of 101 elderly inpatients with AD who met the criteria of the protocol were consecutively enrolled and randomly divided to study group receiving nutritional support based on clinical nursing pathway for two months (n=51) and control group receiving routine nutritional management for 2 months (n=50). Nutritional risk and quality of life were measured by nutritional risk screening 2002 (NRS 2002) and Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease Scale (QOL-AD) respectively before and after nutritional support.
Results:Baseline data were comparable between the two groups (all P>0.05). After 2-month nutritional support, compared to the control, the incidence of nutritional risk (36.0% vs 17.6%, P=0.037) and undernutrition (26.0% vs 9.8%, P=0.033) decreased significantly in study group. The score of quality of life in study group were significant higher than that of control group (35.73±5.85 vs 30.76±6.14, P=0.023).
Conclusion:The nutritional support based on clinical nursing pathway is helpful to improve the nutritional status and quality of life in elderly hospitalized patients with AD.
