Surgical Nursing
Influence of diversification continuing care on quality of life and activities of daily living of epilepsy patients
Yanli Kong, Jie Zheng, Yao Chen, Lijie Bai, Tao Guo, Jiehui Weng, Wenling Li
Published 2016-01-11
Cite as Chin J Prac Nurs, 2016, 32(2): 104-107. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2016.02.007
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the influence of diversification continuing care on quality of life and activities of daily living of epilepsy patients secondary to cerebral hemispheric atrophy.
MethodsTwenty epilepsy patients with cerebral hemispheric atrophy, admitted to Second Department of Neurosurgery of Hebei Provincial People's Hospital from March 2012 to December 2014 were selected by convenience sampling method, and divided into the intervention group (12 cases) and control group (8 cases) , Patients in the control group were given routine guidance discharge, and intervention group were given continuing nursing intervention. The influence of diversification continuing care on quality of life and activities of daily living of epilepsy patients were compared between two groups.
ResultsTwelve months after discharge, QOL in the control group and the intervention group scored 58.8±20.9 and 77.2±14.3,t=2.37,P <0.05. The ADL scored 49.42±8.14 and 62.72±7.06,t=2.39,P <0.05.
ConclusionsDiversification continuing nursing intervention is helpful to improve quality of life and activities of daily living of epilepsy patients secondary to cerebral hemispheric atrophy.
Key words:
Epilepsy; Quality of life; Activities of daily living; Continuing care; Cerebral hemispheric atrophy
Contributor Information
Yanli Kong
Neurosurgery Department Ⅱ, the People's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
Jie Zheng
Yao Chen
Lijie Bai
Tao Guo
Jiehui Weng
Wenling Li