Clinical Nursing Pathway Improves Therapeutic Efficacy and Quality of Life of Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

PURPOSES: To clarify the impacts of clinical nursing pathway (CNP) on therapeutic efficacy and quality of life (QOL) of senile acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. METHODS: The clinical records of 177 elderly AMI patients who received treatment in the First Hospital of Quanzhou Affiliated to Fujian Medical University were retrospectively studied. They were assigned into the control group (the Con; n = 79; from June 2019 to January 2020) and the research group (the Res; n = 98; from February 2020 to July 2020). Emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed in all the cases. Additionally, the Con and the Res were given routine care and CNP, respectively. The two groups were compared in total emergency treatment time, hospital stay, medical expenses, recurrence rate of myocardial infarction (MI), overall response rate (ORR), incidence of complications, cardiac function indexes, negative mood scores, QOL, and nursing satisfaction. RESULTS: The ORR was higher, and the incidence of complications was lower in the Res versus the Con; the Res presented significantly less emergency treatment time and hospitalization and statistically lower medical expenses and recurrence rate of MI; the Res outperformed the Con in cardiac function indexes, alleviation of negative mood, QOL, and nursing satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: While effectively improving clinical efficacy and reducing the incidence of complications, CNP can relieve the bad mood of elderly patients with AMI and improve their cardiac function, QOL, and nursing satisfaction, which is worthy of clinical promotion.