Evaluation of a stroke family care worker: results of a randomised controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of contact with a stroke family care worker on the physical, social, and psychological status of stroke patients and their carers. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial with broad entry criteria and blinded outcome assessment six months after randomisation. SETTING: A well organised stroke service in an Edinburgh teaching hospital. SUBJECTS: 417 patients with an acute stroke in the previous 30 days randomly allocated to be contacted by a stroke family care worker (210) or to receive standard care (207). The patients represented 67% of all stroke patients assessed at the hospital during the study period. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Patient completed Barthel index, Frenchay activities index, general health questionnaire, hospital anxiety and depression scale, social adjustment scale, mental adjustment to stroke scale, and patient satisfaction questionnaire; carer completed Frenchay activities index, general health questionnaire, hospital anxiety and depression scale, social adjustment scale, caregiving bassles scale, and carer satisfaction questionnaire. RESULTS: The groups were balanced for all important baseline variables. There were no significant differences in physical outcomes in patients or carers, though patients in the treatment group were possibly more helpless less well adjusted socially, and more depressed, whereas carers in the treatment group were possibly less hassled and anxious. However, both patients and carers in the group contacted by the stroke family care worker expressed significantly greater satisfaction with certain aspects of their care, in particular those related to communication and support. CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of a stroke family care worker improved patients'' and their carers'' satisfaction with services and may have had some effect on psychological and social outcomes but did not improve measures of patients'' physical wellbeing.     

Randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness and acceptability of an early discharge,hospital at home scheme with acute hospital care

Objective: To compare effectiveness and acceptability of early discharge to a hospital at home scheme with that of routine discharge from acute hospital. Design: Pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Setting: Acute hospital wards and community in north of Bristol, with a catchment population of about 224 000 people. Subjects: 241 hospitalised but medically stable elderly patients who fulfilled criteria for early discharge to hospital at home scheme and who consented to participate. Interventions: Patients’ received hospital at home care or routine hospital care. Main outcome measures: Patients’ quality of life, satisfaction, and physical functioning assessed at 4 weeks and 3 months after randomisation to treatment; length of stay in hospital and in hospital at home scheme after randomisation; mortality at 3 months. Results: There were no significant differences in patient mortality, quality of life, and physical functioning between the two arms of the trial at 4 weeks or 3 months. Only one of 11 measures of patient satisfaction was significantly different: hospital at home patients perceived higher levels of involvement in decisions. Length of stay for those receiving routine hospital care was 62% (95% confidence interval 51% to 75%) of length of stay in hospital at home scheme. Conclusions: The early discharge hospital at home scheme was similar to routine hospital discharge in terms of effectiveness and acceptability. Increased length of stay associated with the scheme must be interpreted with caution because of different organisational characteristics of the services.

Key messages

• Pressure on hospital beds, the increasing age of the population, and high costs associated with acute hospital care have fuelled the search for alternatives to inpatient hospital care
• There were no significant differences between early discharge to hospital at home scheme and routine hospital care in terms of patient quality of life, physical functioning, and most measures of patient satisfaction
• Length of stay for hospital patients was significantly shorter than that of hospital at home patients, but, owing to qualitative differences between the two interventions, this does not necessarily mean differences in effectiveness
• Early discharge to hospital at home provides an acceptable alternative to routine hospital care in terms of effectiveness and patient acceptability

     

A randomized controlled trial investigation of a non-stimulant in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ACTION): Rationale and design

Background

Patients with delirium and dementia admitted to general hospitals have poor outcomes, and their carers report poor experiences. We developed an acute geriatric medical ward into a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit over an eighteen month period. Additional specialist mental health staff were employed, other staff were trained in the 'person-centred' dementia care approach, a programme of meaningful activity was devised, the environment adapted to the needs of people with cognitive impairment, and attention given to communication with family carers. We hypothesise that patients managed on this ward will have better outcomes than those receiving standard care, and that such care will be cost-effective.

Methods/design

We will perform a controlled clinical trial comparing in-patient management on a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit with standard care. Study participants are patients over the age of 65, admitted as an emergency to a single general hospital, and identified on the Acute Medical Admissions Unit as being 'confused'. Sample size is 300 per group. The evaluation design has been adapted to accommodate pressures on bed management and patient flows. If beds are available on the specialist Unit, the clinical service allocates patients at random between the Unit and standard care on general or geriatric medical wards. Once admitted, randomised patients and their carers are invited to take part in a follow up study, and baseline data are collected. Quality of care and patient experience are assessed in a non-participant observer study. Outcomes are ascertained at a follow up home visit 90 days after randomisation, by a researcher blind to allocation. The primary outcome is days spent at home (for those admitted from home), or days spent in the same care home (if admitted from a care home). Secondary outcomes include mortality, institutionalisation, resource use, and scaled outcome measures, including quality of life, cognitive function, disability, behavioural and psychological symptoms, carer strain and carer satisfaction with hospital care. Analyses will comprise comparisons of process, outcomes and costs between the specialist unit and standard care treatment groups.

Trial Registration number

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01136148     

Collaborative systematic review of the randomised trials of organised inpatient (stroke unit) care after stroke. Stroke Unit Trialists' Collaboration.

OBJECTIVES: To define the characteristics and determine the effectiveness of organised inpatient (stroke unit) care compared with conventional care in reducing death, dependency, and the requirement for long term institutional care after stroke. DESIGN: Systematic review of all randomised trials which compared organised inpatient stroke care with the contemporary conventional care. Specialist stroke unit interventions were defined as either a ward or team exclusively managing stroke (dedicated stroke unit) or a ward or team specialising in the management of disabling illnesses, which include stroke (mixed assessment/rehabilitation unit). Conventional care was usually provided in a general medical ward. SETTING: 19 trials (of which three had two treatment arms). 12 trials randomised a total of 2060 patients to a dedicated stroke unit or a general medical ward, six trials (647 patients) compared a mixed assessment/rehabilitation unit with a general medical ward, and four trials (542 patients) compared a dedicated stroke unit with a mixed assessment/rehabilitation unit. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Death, institutionalisation, and dependency. RESULTS: Organised inpatient (stroke unit) care, when compared with conventional care, was best characterised by coordinated multidisciplinary rehabilitation, programmes of education and training in stroke, and specialisation of medical and nursing staff. The stroke unit care was usually housed in a geographically discrete ward. Stroke unit care was associated with a long term (median one year follow up) reduction of death (odds ratio 0.83, 95% confidence interval 0.69 to 0.98; P < 0.05) and of the combined poor outcomes of death or dependency (0.69, 0.59 to 0.82; P < 0.0001) and death or institutionalisation (0.75, 0.65 to 0.87; P < 0.0001). Beneficial effects were independent of patients'' age, sex, or stroke severity and of variations in stroke unit organisation. Length of stay in a hospital or institution was reduced by 8% (95% confidence interval 3% to 13%) compared with conventional care but there was considerable heterogeneity of results. CONCLUSIONS: Organised stroke unit care resulted in long term reductions in death, dependency, and the need for institutional care. The observed benefits were not restricted to any particular subgroup of patients or model of stroke unit care. No systematic increase in the use of resources (in terms of length of stay) was apparent.     

三级甲等医院延续护理重点专科的建立与发展状况

回顾了医院延续护理专科的发展状况及取得的成果,阐述了延续护理服务部通过建立架构,采取电话随访、提供电话咨询、实施心理康复活动、上门服务、社区转诊等多种途径为出院患者提供延续护理服务,满足了出院患者的不同需求,保证其出院后的生活质量。

     

卒中单元护理管理模式在神经内科病房中的应用及康复效果评价

目的:探讨卒中单元管理模式对卒中患者康复效果的影响,并对此进行效果评价。方法:采用统计比较的方法,依据诊断标准,选取200例脑卒中患者,平均分为对照组和普通组,从康复依从性、生活能力、心理状态、平均住院日和住院费用进行分析。结果:对两组卒中患者进行康复依从性、生活能力、心理状态、平均住院日和住院费用进行统计分析,对照组与普通组间存在较大差异,有统计学意义。结论:卒中单元管理模式对脑卒中患者的康复有促进作用。     

Intraoperative intravascular volume optimisation and length of hospital stay after repair of proximal femoral fracture: randomised controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES: To assess whether intraoperative intravascular volume optimisation improves outcome and shortens hospital stay after repair of proximal femoral fracture. DESIGN: Prospective, randomised controlled trial comparing conventional intraoperative fluid management with repeated colloid fluid challenges monitored by oesophageal Doppler ultrasonography to maintain maximal stroke volume throughout the operative period. SETTING: Teaching hospital, London. SUBJECTS: 40 patients undergoing repair of proximal femoral fracture under general anaesthesia. INTERVENTIONS: Patients were randomly assigned to receive either conventional intraoperative fluid management (control patients) or additional repeated colloid fluid challenges with oesophageal Doppler ultrasonography used to maintain maximal stroke volume throughout the operative period (protocol patients). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Time declared medically fit for hospital discharge, duration of hospital stay (in acute bed; in acute plus long stay bed), mortality, perioperative haemodynamic changes. RESULTS: Intraoperative intravascular fluid loading produced significantly greater changes in stroke volume (median 15 ml (95% confidence interval 10 to 21 ml)) and cardiac output (1.2 l/min (0.1 to 2.3 l/min)) than in the conventionally managed group (-5 ml (-10 to 1 ml) and -0.4 l/min (-1.0 to 0.2 l/min)) (P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively). One protocol patient and two control patients died in hospital. In the survivors, postoperative recovery was significantly faster in the protocol patients, with shorter times to being declared medically fit for discharge (median 10 (9 to 15) days v 15 (11 to 40) days, P < 0.05) and a 39% reduction in hospital stay (12 (8 to 13) days v 20 (10 to 61) days, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Proximal femoral fracture repair constitutes surgery in a high risk population. Intraoperative intravascular volume loading to optimal stroke volume resulted in a more rapid postoperative recovery and a significantly reduced hospital stay.     

Effectiveness of geriatric rehabilitative care after fractures of the proximal femur in elderly women: a randomised clinical trial.

OBJECTIVE--To compare postoperative collaborative care between orthopaedic surgeons and physicians in geriatric medicine with routine orthopaedic care in elderly women with proximal femoral fracture. DESIGN--Exclusion of patients dying before fit enough to enter trial, those with pathological fractures, those likely to be discharged within seven days of entering the trial, and those remaining unfit for transfer to a peripheral hospital. Remainder allocated to two groups: treatment group and control group. SETTING--District hospital acute admission ward and rehabilitation ward. PATIENTS--144 sequentially admitted elderly women with proximal fracture of the femur; 36 excluded on above criteria and remainder entered into trial. INTERVENTION--Both treatment and control groups (n = 54 in each) received physiotherapy and other services. The treatment group also received thrice weekly supervision by a geriatrician. END POINTS--Physical independence, residence after discharge, and length of hospital stay. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--At discharge significantly more patients in treatment group were independent in terms of activities of daily living than controls (41 v 25) and their median stay was 24 days (range 8-197) compared with 41 (9-365) (95% confidence intervals for difference 2 to 25). Significantly fewer treatment patients were discharged to institutional care (10% v 32%; 95% confidence interval for difference 6% to 37%) and more to their own homes (63% v 38%; 95% confidence interval for difference 6% to 44%). These beneficial effects were consistent across a range of ages and mental state. CONCLUSIONS--Both hospital and patient benefited when postoperative rehabilitation was provided in a setting specialising in such care for elderly patients with trauma.     

AN INTERMEDIATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY—The Usefulness of a Place for Treatment Between Hospital and Home

A new kind of psychiatric facility to deal with patients returning to their community from a state hospital or with patients newly ill and treatable locally, combines a number of features in the interests of economy and enhanced effectiveness. Its economy arises from: (1) The exclusion of bed-patient and security-ward care for patients not in need of them; (2) a shortened hospital stay resulting from rapid treatment procedures (electroconvulsion, brief psychotherapy and drug therapy); (3) a flexible shifting to outpatient or day care as soon as practicable. Enhanced effectiveness of therapy arises from earlier discharge from state hospitals, earlier treatment of patients from the community, as well as comprehensive utilization of multiple therapeutic modalities.     

An intermediate psychiatric facility: the usefulness of a place for treatment between hospital and home

A new kind of psychiatric facility to deal with patients returning to their community from a state hospital or with patients newly ill and treatable locally, combines a number of features in the interests of economy and enhanced effectiveness. Its economy arises from: (1) The exclusion of bed-patient and security-ward care for patients not in need of them; (2) a shortened hospital stay resulting from rapid treatment procedures (electroconvulsion, brief psychotherapy and drug therapy); (3) a flexible shifting to outpatient or day care as soon as practicable. Enhanced effectiveness of therapy arises from earlier discharge from state hospitals, earlier treatment of patients from the community, as well as comprehensive utilization of multiple therapeutic modalities.     

心理护理在急性肝炎合并上消化道大出血患者的临床价值研究

目的:探讨心理护理对急性肝炎合并上消化道大出血患者焦虑程度、满意度及康复效果的影响。方法:将60例急性肝炎合并上消化道大出血患者随机分为对照组(30例)和观察组(30例),对照组按常规护理,观察组在常规护理基础上加用心理护理,两组患者临床抢救方法与用药情况基本一致,分析比较两组患者治疗前后焦虑程度、满意度及康复效果的差异。结果:与对照组相比,观察组患者整体的焦虑度明显低于对照组(P<0.05),对护理满意度高于对照组(P<0.05)。观察组患者临床康复时间略短于对照组(P≥0.05),但观察组患者的康复效果满意度明显好于对照组(P<0.05)。结论:心理护理可明显减轻急性肝炎合并上消化道大出血患者焦虑程度,提高了患者对护理的整体满意度及康复效果的满意度,值得广泛使用。     

The Bradford community stroke trial: results at six months.

OBJECTIVE--Comparison of day hospital attendance and home physiotherapy for stroke patients leaving hospital to determine which service produces greater functional and social improvement for the patient, reduces emotional stress for the care giver, and lessens the need for community support. DESIGN--Stratified, randomised trial of stroke patients attending day hospital two days a week or receiving home treatment from a community physiotherapist. The six month assessment results are reported in this paper. SUBJECTS--Patients over 60 years old resident within the Bradford metropolitan district discharged home after a new stroke with residual disability. SETTING--Four day hospitals in two health authorities and domiciliary work undertaken by experienced community physiotherapists. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Barthel index, functional ambulatory categories, Motor Club assessment, Frenchay activities index, and Nottingham health profile were used. Carers'' stress was indicated by the general health questionnaire. Treatment given and community care provided were recorded. RESULTS--Of 124 patients recruited, 108 were available for reassessment at six months. Both treatment groups had significantly improved in functional abilities between discharge and six months. The improvements were significantly greater for patients treated at home (Mann-Whitney test; Barthel index, median difference 2 (95% confidence interval 0 to 3) p = 0.01; Motor Club assessment, median difference 2 (1 to 5), p = 0.01). The home treated patients received less treatment (median difference 16 (11 to 21) treatments, p less than 0.001). More than a third of patients in both groups showed depressed mood, and a quarter of care givers were emotionally distressed. CONCLUSIONS--Home physiotherapy seems to be slightly more effective and more resource efficient than day hospital attendance and should be the preferred rehabilitation method for aftercare of stroke patients. New strategies are needed to address psychosocial function for both patients and care givers.     

早期渐进性康复训练对机械通气重症患者神经肌肉功能恢复的影响

目的:探讨早期渐进性康复训练对行机械通气重症患者神经肌肉功能的影响。方法:选择我院自2015年4月~2016年4月收治的80例机械通气重症患者。通过随机数字表法将患者分为观察组及对照组各40例,患者进入ICU后,给予所有患者常规的机械通气治疗方案及干预。在此基础上给予观察组患者早期渐进性康复训练,分别于气管插管拔管时、转出ICU时以及出院时采用功能独立性评分表(FIM)对两组患者功能独立性水平进行评价,统计比较两组患者机械通气时间、ICU治疗时间、住院总时间及并发症的发生情况。结果:气管插管拔管时观察组自理能力、括约肌控制、转移功能及总分水平均高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(均P0.05)。转出ICU时和出院时观察组自理能力、括约肌控制、转移、行进、交流、社会认知及总分水平均高于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(均P0.05)。观察组机械通气时间、ICU治疗时间及住院总时间及并发症发生率低于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:早期渐进性康复训练可有效者提高ICU患者自理能力,加速患者意识的恢复,使患者更早的脱机,减少住院时间,降低并发症情况的发生。     

Reduction in hospital readmission stay of elderly patients by a community based hospital discharge scheme: a randomised controlled trial.

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To compare a community support scheme using care attendants with standard aftercare for their effects on independence and morale of elderly patients discharged from hospital and on their use of health and social services. DESIGN--Randomised controlled study of cohort of patients over 75 discharged to their own homes. SETTING--District general hospital and community. PATIENTS--Total of 903 patients (mean age 82, 25% over 85). INTERVENTIONS--Total of 464 patients received support from care attendants on first day at home and for up to 12 hours a week for two weeks. Support comprised practical care, help with rehabilitation, and organising social help. The remaining 439 patients received standard aftercare. END POINT--Difference between two groups of 7% in hospital readmission rates or one point on activities of daily living scale (power 80%, significance level 5%). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--Three months after the initial discharge 763 patients were interviewed (84%). There were no significant differences between the two groups in physical independence (activities of daily living scale), in measures of morale (Philadelphia scale), or in death rates. Hospital readmission rates within 18 months of discharge, however, were significantly higher in the control group and they spent more days in hospital (mean; control group 30.6 days, support group 17.1 days; p = 0.014). Of the patients living alone who were followed up for 18 months 21 (15%) receiving standard aftercare were readmitted more than twice compared with 6 (5%) supported by care attendants (p less than 0.01). CONCLUSIONS--If the findings are confirmed, and the policy extended to all patients over the age of 75 living alone, an average health district might expect either to save about 23 hospital beds at a net annual saving of about pounds 220,000 in the short term or to increase available beds by this number.     

卒中单元护理管理模式在神经内科病房中的应用及康复效果评价

目的：探讨卒中单元管理模式对卒中患者康复效果的影响,并对此进行效果评价。方法：采用统计比较的方法,依据诊断标准,选取200例脑卒中患右,平均分为对照组和普通组,从康复依从性、生活能力、心理状态、平均住院日和住院费用进行分析。结果：对两组卒中患者进行康复依从性、生活能力、心理状态、平均住院日和住院费用进行统计分析,对照组与普通组间存在较大差异,有统计学意义。结论-卒中单元管理模式对脑卒中患者的康复有促进作用。     

Effects of Thiazolidinediones on Stroke Recovery: A Case-Matched Controlled Study

Background and purpose Anti-inflammatory therapy decreases infarct size and enhances stroke recovery. Thiazolidinedione peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma agonists have potent anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing anti-diabetic actions. Methods Thirty stroke patients with type 2 diabetes admitted for acute inpatient stroke rehabilitation receiving pioglitazone or rosiglitazone were matched for age, sex, initial FIM^TM score and interval post-stroke with 30 stroke patients with type 2 diabetes not receiving thiazolidinediones. Relevant outcome variables were compared for both groups. Results The thiazolidinedione treated group showed significantly greater mean improvement in FIM^TM score compared to control group (25.6 ± 10.2 SD vs. 19.8 ± 10.5, respectively, P = 0.015). There was no significant difference in length of rehabilitation hospital stay (24.2 ± 7.6 vs. 25.1 ± 7.4 days, P = 0.657) or final discharge destination (home/institution, 19/11 versus 17/13, P = 0.792). Conclusions Use of thiazolidinediones was associated with enhanced functional recovery in stroke patients with type 2 diabetes. Special issue dedicated to John P. Blass.     

腕踝针联合热敏灸治疗中风后肢体功能障碍效果及对生活质量的影响

摘要 目的：评价腕踝针联合热敏灸治疗中风后肢体功能障碍的效果及对患者生活质量的影响。方法：选入我院2022年6月到2023年2月收治的中风后肢体功能障碍患者60例,根据康复方案不同分为常规组和联合组,各30例,常规组予以常规药物治疗及康复训练,联合组在常规组基础上采用腕踝针联合热敏灸治疗。评价两组的临床疗效、生活质量等,并进行统计比较。结果：联合组治疗总有效率96.67%,高于常规组的70.00%（P＜0.05）;相较于治疗前,两组治疗后PAR、Hcy、D-D水平降低（P＜0.05）,而联合组降低幅度较常规组大（P＜0.05）;两组治疗前SIAS、SS-QOL得分无差异（P＞0.05）,而治疗后,联合组SIAS、SS-QOL得分高于常规组（P＜0.05）。结论：腕踝针联合热敏灸可有效提高中风后肢体功能障碍的康复效果,调节PAR、Hcy、D-D水平,改善整体功能及患者生存质量。     

Factors Associated with Nursing Home Placement of All Patients Admitted for Inpatient Rehabilitation in Singapore Community Hospitals from 1996 to 2005: A Disease Stratified Analysis

Objectives

To (1) identify social and rehabilitation predictors of nursing home placement, (2) investigate the association between effectiveness and efficiency in rehabilitation and nursing home placement of patients admitted for inpatient rehabilitation from 1996 to 2005 by disease in Singapore.

Design

National data were retrospectively extracted from medical records of community hospital.

Data Sources

There were 12,506 first admissions for rehabilitation in four community hospitals. Of which, 8,594 (90.3%) patients were discharged home and 924 (9.7%) patients were discharged to a nursing home. Other discharge destinations such as sheltered home (n = 37), other community hospital (n = 31), death in community hospital (n = 12), acute hospital (n = 1,182) and discharge against doctor’s advice (n = 24) were excluded.

Outcome Measure

Nursing home placement.

Results

Those who were discharged to nursing home had 33% lower median rehabilitation effectiveness and 29% lower median rehabilitation efficiency compared to those who were discharged to nursing homes. Patients discharged to nursing homes were significantly older (mean age: 77 vs. 73 years), had lower mean Bathel Index scores (40 vs. 48), a longer median length of stay (40 vs. 33 days) and a longer time to rehabilitation (19 vs. 15 days), had a higher proportion without a caregiver (28 vs. 7%), being single (21 vs. 7%) and had dementia (23 vs. 10%). Patients admitted for lower limb amputation or falls had an increased odds of being discharged to a nursing home by 175% (p<0.001) and 65% (p = 0.043) respectively compared to stroke patients.

Conclusions

In our study, the odds of nursing home placement was found to be increased in Chinese, males, single or widowed or separated/divorced, patients in high subsidy wards for hospital care, patients with dementia, without caregivers, lower functional scores at admission, lower rehabilitation effectiveness or efficiency at discharge and primary diagnosis groups such as fractures, lower limb amputation and falls in comparison to strokes.     

Effects of a medical team coordinator on length of hospital stay.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a medical team coordinator (MTC) on the length of stay in a teaching hospital. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Two of four general medical clinical teaching units (CTUs). PATIENTS: Patients admitted to the CTUs between July and October 1990 except those who were admitted directly to an intensive care unit or whose death was expected within 48 hours. The 267 patients were randomly assigned to receive either standard medical care or standard medical care plus MTC services. INTERVENTION: The MTC was a baccalaureate nurse whose role was to facilitate administrative tasks such as discharge planning, to coordinate tests and procedures, and to collect and collate patient information. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Length of hospital stay. A subgroup of 40 patients was asked to complete a brief survey on medical care information and satisfaction. RESULTS: The MTC intervention reduced the mean length of stay by 1.97 days (p less than or equal to 0.04, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02 to 2.92 days). Subanalysis by diagnostic group revealed that most of this effect was in an ill-defined group of disorders. In the survey more patients in the MTC group than in the other group reported being satisfied with their medical care (89% v. 62%; p less than or equal to 0.05, 95% CI 2% to 52%). CONCLUSIONS: The services of an MTC help to reduce the length of hospital stay for some groups of patients. Further research is necessary to examine which components of the MTC intervention are most effective and in what conditions.     

早期康复训练对冠心病介入治疗术后恢复的影响

目的:探讨经皮冠脉介入(PCI)治疗的急性心肌梗死(AMI)患者行早期康复训练后的疗效与安全性。方法:192例AMI患者经PCI治疗后随机分为康复组与对照组各96例,分别予早期心脏程序康复训练与传统康复治疗。比较2组患者的心脏结构、并发症及住院时间。结果:在住院期间及随访1年后,两组患者左室舒张末内径、左室收缩末内径、左室后壁厚度及左室射血分数无统计学差异(P>0.05);心律失常、心绞痛及死亡率等并发症均无显著性差异(P>0.05);而对照组院内感染发生率明显多于康复组(P<0.05)。结论:AMI患者PCI术后行早期心脏程序康复训练安全、有益,可明显减少院内感染的发病率,缩短住院时间。