Comprehensive nursing care improves symptoms and quality of life in elderly patients with postherpetic neuralgia.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluates the clinical impact of comprehensive nursing care on senior patients suffering from postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic neuropathic pain condition resulting from the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus. A total of 102 elderly patients diagnosed with PHN and treated at our hospital were divided into two groups: the control group, which received conventional nursing care, and the intervention group, which received comprehensive nursing care. Comparative analyses were conducted on pain levels, sleep quality, symptoms of depression and anxiety before and after the intervention. After a two-month period of nursing care, both groups exhibited a significant reduction in pain levels (p < 0.05), with the intervention group demonstrating a more substantial decrease (p

SUBMITTER: Chen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680979 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature