Effect of evidence-based nursing in elderly patients with lower limb arteriosclerosis
SHEN Lin
SU Yi
JIN Lan
BAI Yong-yi
Abstract：Objective To investigate the effect of evidence-based nursing in elderly patients with lower limb arteriosclerosis. Methods The patients (n=260, male 184, female 76 and aged from 80 to 97) were chosen from Mar. 2009 to May 2012, and then randomly divided into control group (n=108) and evidence-based nursing group (n=152). The control group was given routine nursing and evidence-based nursing group was given evidence-based nursing from the aspects of reasonable diet, lifestyle and compliance reinforcement. The percentage of patients with higher disease cognition and weight control, and better lifestyle, psychological status and compliance, and blood fat level were compared between 2 groups after 4 w. Results Compared with control group, the percentage of patients with higher weight control (5.6%vs. 20.7%), better lifestyle (3.7%vs. 31.0%), better compliance (11.1%vs. 41.4%) and better psychological status (3.7%vs. 32.8%) increased in evidence-based nursing group (all P<0.01) after 4 w. Compared with control group, the percentage of patients with higher disease cognition (0%vs. 6.9%) increased in evidence-based nursing group (P<0.05). The changes of levels of TG, LDL-C and HDL-C were superior in evidence-based nursing group to those in control group (all P<0.05), and TC level had no significant changes compared with control group (P>0.05). Conclusion The mode of evidence-based nursing reduces blood fat level, and improves disease cognition, lifestyle and compliance in elderly patients with lower limb arteriosclerosis.
Keywords：Evidence-based nursingAdvanced ageLower limb arteriosclerosis
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 64-66 )