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- Title
Effects of nursing intervention program on reducing acute confusion in hospitalized older adults.
- Authors
Hea-Jeong Hwang; Yeonghee Shin
- Abstract
Purpose: During hospitalization, confusion occurs in 15-20% of older adults and persists in 5-10% of them. This study was designed to investigate effects of a five-day nursing intervention program designed to reduce confusion in hospitalized older adults. Subjects were inpatients over the age of 60 years old and were admitted in a surgical care unit. Methods: Data were collected from 111 patients. Subjects divided into one of two groups, 58 patients of the control group which received the usual nursing care; and 53 patients of the intervention group which received the usual nursing care plus nursing intervention program for reducing acute confusion. The Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOS) and the Korean Mini-Mental Screening Examination (MMSE-K) were utilized. Results: 1) Acute delirium was significantly reduced in the intervention group compared to the control group (χ²=4.22, p=.034) as well as the duration of the delirious state was significantly shortened (F=56.62, p<.001). Cognitive function of the intervention group was improved (F=21.14, p<.001). Conclusion: The nursing intervention program reduced the incidence and duration of acute delirium of the elderly inpatients, as well as it helps them keep better cognitive function than the control group.
- Subjects
ANALYSIS of covariance; CHI-squared test; CLINICAL trials; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; HOSPITAL care; NURSING practice; T-test (Statistics); DISEASE incidence; DATA analysis software; PREVENTION
- Publication
Korean Journal of Adult Nursing, 2014, Vol 26, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
1225-4886
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7475/kjan.2014.26.1.89