Influence of self care on mental status of patients with Parkinson’s disease
Abstract：Objective:To probe into improvement effect of self care for mental status of patients with Parkinson’s disease.Methods:A total of 121 cases of patients with Parkinson’s disease admitting in Department of Neurology in our hospital were randomly divided into control group (53 ca-ses)and observation group (68 cases).The patients in control group re-ceived routine care in general,the implementation of self care for observa-tion group.Both groups of patients were evaluated by using related spirit scale respectively at the time of admission and at a month after admission. Results:There was no statistically significant difference in these conditions including general condition,depression,sleep,anxiety status and activities of daily living(P >0.05).1 month after the implementation of self care,ob-servation group anxiety / somatization,weight,cognitive disturbances,di-urnal variation,retardation,sleep disorders,hopelessness,and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD)total score and sleep quality,sleep time,sleep efficiency,sleep disorders,sleep medication and daytime dys-function and the Pittsburgh sleep Quality Index (PSQI)score were signifi-cantly lower than that in control group,and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01 ).Improvement of anxiety and daily living skills in observation group was better than that in control group,and the difference was statistically significant (P <0.01 ).Conclusion:At the same time re-ducing the associated drug use,implementation of self care for patients with Parkinson’s disease is helpful to improve the mental condition of the patients,thereby enhance their quality of life.
Keywords：Parkinson’s diseasemental disordersself care
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1169-1171 )