Evaluation of the improvement effect of humanistic care on cognitive function impairment and living ability of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Abstract

Objective To explore the improvement effect of humanistic care on cognitive function impairment and living ability of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Methods 76 patients with Alzheimer's disease from January 2009 to May 2011 were taken as the research object.They were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group with 38 cases in each group.The control group was given conventional procedures for nursing care,and the observation group used humanistic nursing care as the guidance.The MMSE scale score,living ability index and family satisfaction degree before nursing and 1 month and 3 months after nursing for the two groups were taken for statistical comparison. Results The proportion of patients whose MMSE scale≥ 21 points and living ability score ranging from71 to 95 1 month and 3 months after care were higher than those of the control group.The satisfaction degree of patients in the observation group was also higher than the control group. Conclusions Humanistic care can significantly improve the cognitive dysfunction and living ability of patients with Alzheimer's disease,besides,family members of patients are more satisfied with this nursing model. Key words: Humanistic care; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive dysfunction; Living ability; Effect