Effect of Humanistic Care for Medical Care Integration for Mild Cognitive Impairment Elder Patients / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Objective:To evaluate the effect of humanistic care for medical care integration on quality of life in elder patients with mild cognitive impairment. Method:Seventy patients with mild cognitive impairment in our hos-pital were randomly divided into experimental group ( n=35 ) and control group ( n=35 ) using random number ta-ble. The patients in the control group were given routine care, while those in the experimental group were given hu-manistic care for medical care integration and home visiting once a month besides routine care. All the patients were evaluated by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale ( MoCA) , Activities of Daily Living ( ADL) , and the MOS Item Short from Health Survey ( SF-36 ) during hospitalization, three months and six months after hospital discharge. Result:Three and six months after hospital discharge, the scores of these three scales of all subjects in two groups were significantly higher than those during hospitalization ( P<0 . 05 ) . The scores of the subjects in the experimental group also significantly higher than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0. 05). Conclusion: For the elder patients with mild cognitive impairment, humanistic care for medical care integration can significantly improve the cognitive function, self -care ability and quality of life. Therefore, it is worthy using in clinical treatment.