Elderly patients with fracture of clinical observation and psychological care.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Elderly patients with fracture of clinical observation and psychological care Paper Keywords elderly fracture psychological care Abstract Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with fracture and psychological care interventions. METHODS: January 2006 - December 2007, treated 116 cases of elderly fracture patients carried out a retrospective analysis of the results: the patients the primary disease condition stable, no complications occurred care, good mental state, anxiety, depression and psychological improvement. Conclusion: Understanding the psychological needs of elderly and fracture characteristics, good sound psychological care and rehabilitation guidance, fractures in the elderly physical, mental and social activities the effective guarantee of full recovery. With the improvement of medical standards and the extension of human life, in the orthopedic treatment of elderly patients the proportion gradually increased due to orthopedic treatment of elderly patients with a longer time, limited mobility in bed during treatment prone to a range of concurrent disease, most patients worry about physical disability, and often show different emotional responses and psychological needs, so we in clinical care, to the characteristics of fracture for the elderly and psychological conditions, strengthen psychological care, give patients as much care and comfort , patiently explained the precautions bedridden patients, enhance patient confidence and courage to overcome the disease. are as follows. Materials and Methods January 2006 - December 2007 our department treated 116 cases of elderly fracture patients were male and 49 cases, female 67 cases, aged 66 to 98 years, mean 73 years. The fracture site: the femoral neck and intertrochanteric fractures accounting for 81 %, forearm fractures accounted for 19% of patients are associated with varying degrees of hypertension, heart disease, cerebral thr