传呼机——记忆障碍患者的助手
路透社纽约健康消息 一项新的研究表明，传呼系统可以帮助因外伤或中风而导致记忆受损的人生活自立。这种神经传呼系统是通过预编好时间和日期的计算机发出信息，提醒患者按时去看医生和按时服药。
根据发表在《神经病学、神经外科和精神病学杂志》上的一份报告，研究人员对143名年龄在8～83岁之间、头部外伤或中风后有一定程度记忆和注意障碍的病人进行了为期16星期的研究。研究发现，寻呼系统能够帮助80%以上的参加患者进行日常活动。在使用该系统之前，这些患者中能够自己独立完成这些日常活动的不到50%。此外，将近75%的病人在停用传呼机以后能够维持已取得的记忆力进展。
这个专门设计的传呼系统能够为患者提供可靠的记忆帮助，可以使用者感到自己能够独立生活，对患有脑损伤伴发记忆、生活计划和组织能力有障碍的病人有很大的帮助。一般情况下，记忆障碍患者的日常生活往往需要依赖其他人的帮助。该系统至少提高了一部份患者的独立生活能力，增强了其信心。
Pager Helps Patients with Memory Problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A paging system may help people whose memory has been impaired by injury or stroke to remain independent, a new study reports.
The NeuroPage system reminds patients to keep appointments or take their medicine via messages sent from a computer at pre-programmed times and dates.
Dr. B. A. Wilson, from Addenbrooke‘s Hospital in Cambridge, UK, and colleagues explain that the paging system provides consistent and reliable prompting and allows users to feel more independent. Usually, patients with memory problems rely on others to help them with daily tasks.
In a 16-week study of 143 people aged 8 to 83 years who had a range of memory and attention problems after head injury or stroke, the device helped more than 80% to carry out routine activities. Fewer than half of these patients had been able to manage such tasks on their own before using the device, the authors note.
Further, nearly 75% of patients were able to sustain their progress after returning the pager, according to the report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
``It is clear that this particular paging system is of benefit to a wide ranging group of people with brain injury with memory, planning, and organisational problems,‘‘ Wilson and colleagues write.
``For some of these people, there is no doubt that the system can enhance independent living and improve morale,‘‘ the authors conclude. The device costs 60 pounds ($86.25) per patient per month, they note.
SOURCE: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2001;70:477-, 百拇医药
根据发表在《神经病学、神经外科和精神病学杂志》上的一份报告，研究人员对143名年龄在8～83岁之间、头部外伤或中风后有一定程度记忆和注意障碍的病人进行了为期16星期的研究。研究发现，寻呼系统能够帮助80%以上的参加患者进行日常活动。在使用该系统之前，这些患者中能够自己独立完成这些日常活动的不到50%。此外，将近75%的病人在停用传呼机以后能够维持已取得的记忆力进展。
这个专门设计的传呼系统能够为患者提供可靠的记忆帮助，可以使用者感到自己能够独立生活，对患有脑损伤伴发记忆、生活计划和组织能力有障碍的病人有很大的帮助。一般情况下，记忆障碍患者的日常生活往往需要依赖其他人的帮助。该系统至少提高了一部份患者的独立生活能力，增强了其信心。
Pager Helps Patients with Memory Problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A paging system may help people whose memory has been impaired by injury or stroke to remain independent, a new study reports.
The NeuroPage system reminds patients to keep appointments or take their medicine via messages sent from a computer at pre-programmed times and dates.
Dr. B. A. Wilson, from Addenbrooke‘s Hospital in Cambridge, UK, and colleagues explain that the paging system provides consistent and reliable prompting and allows users to feel more independent. Usually, patients with memory problems rely on others to help them with daily tasks.
In a 16-week study of 143 people aged 8 to 83 years who had a range of memory and attention problems after head injury or stroke, the device helped more than 80% to carry out routine activities. Fewer than half of these patients had been able to manage such tasks on their own before using the device, the authors note.
Further, nearly 75% of patients were able to sustain their progress after returning the pager, according to the report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
``It is clear that this particular paging system is of benefit to a wide ranging group of people with brain injury with memory, planning, and organisational problems,‘‘ Wilson and colleagues write.
``For some of these people, there is no doubt that the system can enhance independent living and improve morale,‘‘ the authors conclude. The device costs 60 pounds ($86.25) per patient per month, they note.
SOURCE: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2001;70:477-, 百拇医药