Effect of psychological nursing intervention on negative emotions and cognitive functions of patients with cerebral infarction

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of psychological nursing intervention on the negative emotions and cognitive functions of patients with cerebral infarction.Methods Totals of 82 patients with cerebral infarction were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group,each with 41 cases.The control group received routine treatment and nursing,while the observation group was given psychological nursing intervention in addition.Before and 4 weeks after intervention,SDS and SAS scales were used to assess patients' negative emotions including depression and anxiety,etc.,WMS scales were used to evaluate their cognitive functions,and results were analyzed and compared.Results In the observation group,scores of SDS,SAS and MMSE scales were (47.34 ±6.56),(42.97 ±5.69) and (19.25 ±2.24) before psychological nursing intervention,(34.45 5.12),(33.52 ±4.87) and (25.71 ± 3.76) after intervention,and the differences were statistically significant (t =13.26,12.41,-11.87,respectively; P ＜ 0.05).After intervention,scores of SDS and SAS were lower in the observation group than in the control group [(34.45 ± 5.12) vs (40.22 ± 5.73) and (33.52 ± 4.87) vs (38.22 ± 5.04)],while scores of MMSE were higher in the observation group than in the control group [(25.71 ± 3.76) vs (21.03 ± 3.37)],and the differences were statistically significant (t =4.81,4.29,-5.94,respectively ; P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Psychological nursing intervention can relieve negative emotions,improve cognitive functions and promote general rehabilitation of patients with cerebral infarction. Key words: Cerebral infarction; Anxiety; Depression; Psychological nursing; Cognitive function