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| Effect of nursing intervention on early rehabilitation of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction |
| LI Yanmin1,and NIU Jingxue2. |
| 1. Department of Cardiology, the South Tower of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China; 2. Nursing Department, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China |
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Abstract Objective To study the nursing intervention effect on early rehabilitation of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) . Methods 106 elderly patients with myocardial infarction were recouited. Of them,53 patients shared early rehabilitation nursing, and the other 53 received conventional care. The average length of stay in hospital, incidence rate of adverse clinical events and anxiety level were compared between the two groups. Results The incidence rate of angina in rehabilitation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). The anxiety level of rehabilitation group significantly reduced after treatment than before. In rehabilitation group,less adverse symptoms occurred; the anxiety improvement and length of hospital stay were significantly better than those in the control group. Conclusions Early rehabilitation nursing care for elderly patients with AMI is effective and significantly reduces the incidence of angina and reduce adverse events, reduces the degree of anxiety and shortens hospital stay.
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Received: 20 January 2013
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2013, Vol. 24 
