虚拟iSupport程序对护理人员和痴呆症患者的影响
Lily Xiao1, Shahid Ullah2, Ying Yu1
1College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|September 30, 2025
概括
虚拟iSupport计划显著改善了痴呆症护理人员的生活质量和自我效能. 它还减少了痴呆症患者入院的次数,并在为期12个月的试验中证明了它的有效性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
背景情况:
- 痴呆症护理对护理人员的福祉构成重大挑战.
- 虚拟干预提供可扩展的解决方案,以支持痴呆症患者 (PLWD) 的护理人员.
研究的目的:
- 评估虚拟iSupport程序对PLWD的护理人员的有效性.
- 评估该计划对照顾者生活质量,自我效能和PLWD健康结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项实用随机对照试验与149名护理人员进行.
- 这项干预涉及一个多元组件计划,几乎在12个月内完成.
- 主要结局包括照顾者和PLWD的生活质量;次要结局评估了照顾者的自我效能,社会支持和PLWD住院.
主要成果:
- 干预组的心理健康相关生活质量显著改善 (12.0分,p < 0.001).
- 护理人员报告说,自我效能增加 (14.8-18.5分,p < 0.001) 和社会支持增加 (0.25分,p < 0.028).
- 在干预组 (p = 0.045) 观察到PLWD入院病例减少了60%.
结论:
- 虚拟iSupport程序是支持痴呆症护理人员和PLWD的有效干预措施.
- 该计划证明了改善护理人员福祉和减少PLWD医疗保健利用的好处.
- 虚拟交付模型显示出对广泛的痴呆症护理人员支持的希望.
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