PSYCHOLOGICAL NURSING INTERVENTION COMBINED WITH FAMILY CARE FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

Chunying Dong¹, Weibo Tang², Chunmiao Dong³, Jing Ma^4*, Yulan Fan^5*

¹Ophthalmology Department, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Haerbin, 150036, China - ²Vascular Surgery, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Haerbin, 150036, China - ³Nangang Branch Operation Room, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Haerbin, 150036, China - ⁴Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Haerbin, 150036, China. 5 Linyi Mental Health Center, Linyi 276000, China

Objective: This study aimed to investigate and analyze the efficacy of psychological nursing intervention combined with family care for elderly patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

Methods: The total of 800 elderly patients with generalized anxiety disorder were taken as the research subjects and randomly divided into the control group with a conventional nursing model and the research group with psychological nursing intervention combined with family care (400 cases in each group). Then, 8-week nursing was performed on both groups. Anxiety symptom improvement, living quality change, sleep quality score, and overall nursing satisfaction for patients in both groups were all observed and measured, respectively.

Result: After adopting different nursing strategies, anxiety symptoms, living quality, and sleep quality in the research group improved compared to the control group (P < 0.05). Comparing the nursing satisfaction for patients in both groups showed it to be significantly higher in the research group than the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: During the nursing period for elderly patients with generalized anxiety disorder, psychological nursing intervention combined with family care has an ideal effect, obtaining high satisfaction and enhancing the living quality; this makes it worth being promoted and applicated.