Comprehensive Nutritional Nursing Intervention in Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Abstract

The objective of this study was to probe the effect of comprehensive nutritional nursing on elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. To this end, a total of 82 elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were randomly divided equally into control (receiving conventional treatment) and nursing intervention (receiving conventional treatment and dietary nursing intervention) groups. The body mass index, forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity, plasma albumin, prealbumin, and hemoglobin levels in the observation group were higher in comparison with the control group. However, the self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale scores in the observation group were diminished compared to the control group. The scores of psychological, physiological, environmental, and social relations in the observation group were higher relative to the control group. The nursing satisfaction in the observation group was elevated compared to the control group. In conclusion, comprehensive nutritional nursing interventions can improve nutritional status, lung function, and quality of life in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.