Effect of nursing intervention and early rehabilitation training in dysphagia patients after stroke

Objective To explore the effects of nursing intervention and early rehabilitation training in dysphngia patients after stroke. Methods 112 dysphagia patients after stroke were divided randomly into routine nursing group (54 cases) and rehabilitation nursing group (58 cases) in which the patients were carried out nurs-ing intervention and early swallowing function training. Swallowing function of patients in the two groups was as-sessed with water drinking test. Results Swallowing function of patients in rehabilitation group were apparently su-perior to those in routine group (P<0.05) . Conclusions Nursing intervention plus early rehabilitation training is effective in improving the swallowing function and nutrition of patients with stroke and reducing the incidence rate of aspirated pneumonia. Key words: Nursing intervention; Early rehabilitation training; Dysphagia; Stroke