| Objective: To observe the effect of intensive health education to the dependents of cerebral accident patients on the recovery of upper extremity function and activities of daily living (ADL). Methods: Sixty-four cases in control group were chosen from the cerebral accident patients hospitalized in our Department of Neurology from January to December in 2009, and 70 cases in experimental group came from the cerebral accident patients hospitalized from January to December in 2010. All cases accepted routine drugs and supportive treatment. In addition, intensive health education was applied to dependents in the experimental group, including rehabilitation assessment and formulation of rehabilitation goals, related knowledge about complications, rehabilitation training and nursing skill, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation directions after discharge. Results: One month after intervention, the incidence of the complications of upper limb in the experiment group was lower than in the control group (P<0.05), and the scores of FMA and BI Index in the experimental group were higher than in the control group(P<0.05).Six months after intervention, the incidence of the complications of upper limb in the experiment group was lower than in the control group (P<0.01), and the scores of FMA and BI index were higher obviously in the experimental group than in control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Intensive health education to the dependents of cerebral accident patients can cut down the incidence of complications and elevate the motor function of affected upper limbs obviously. |
