Subjects: Nursing >> Nursing submitted time 2022-12-05
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This paper summarized the nursing of integrated Traditional Chinese and western medicine for a patient with ankylosing spondylitis(AS) complicated with ecthyma. Based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome differentiation, TCM-characterized nursing technology such as Chinese Medicine collapse stains, moxibustion, acupoint massage, auricular acupoint sticking and pressing, dietary guidance were used jointly. Implementation of integrative nursing is potentially effective to relieve the pain and improve the ulcer healing.
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Subjects: Nursing >> Nursing submitted time 2022-10-21
Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing on treatment outcome, quality of life and prognosis of high-risk patients with diabetic foot, and provide evidence for more reasonable nursing intervention program. Methods From January 2021to January 2022, 200 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were screened; 40 high-risk patients with diabetic foot were eligible and randomly divided in to observation group and control group, with 20 cases in each group. The control group received routine care during the treatment, and those in the observation group received integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine intervention based on routine care. The treatment outcome, patient quality of life and prognosis of disease were compared between two groups. Results The overall effective rate in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). According to the outcome of General Quality of Life Inventory-74(GQOL-74) assessment, the improvement rate in the observation group was 85.00%(17/20), showing no significant difference compared with 65.00%(13/20) in the control group (P>0.05). The incidences of foot infections and foot ulcers in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). Three cases of amputation were reported in the control group. Conclusion The integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing showed positive effect on treatment outcome, patient quality of life and prognosis of disease, and the effect of integrative nursing intervention was superior to routine nursing.