International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To study and analyze the effect of narrative nursing on elderly patients with chronic diseases and its influence on their mental state and quality of life. Methods: 64 elderly patients with chronic diseases were randomly selected in our hospital to participate in the experiment, and their basic data were collected and analyzed to confirm whether they met the eligibility for inclusion. After confirming that all patients were eligible to participate in the study, they would be divided into two groups using a "random number method" and eventually assigned to two groups: a control group using conventional care and an observation group using narrative care, with 32 cases in each group, focusing on assessing their psychological status and improvement in quality of life. Results: Firstly, the emotional state of patients in the two groups was evaluated by SAS and SDS before and after nursing, respectively. After nursing, SAS scores of observation group were (45.14±1.77) points and SDS of 46.23±2.11 points, which were significantly lower than those of control group (48.63±2.17) points and (49.63±2.37) points. (P < 0.05). Secondly, SF-36 scale was used to evaluate and compare the quality of life scores of mental health, social function, physical function, physiological function, physiological function and other aspects of the two groups of patients, and the observation group was higher than the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The application of narrative nursing is helpful to reduce the ill mood of elderly patients with chronic diseases, and is more conducive to improving the quality of life.

Senile chronic disease; Narrative nursing; Mental state; Quality of life