TRIPLE THERAPY COMBINED WITH ACCELERATED RECOVERY STRATEGY CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MECHANICAL VENTILATION.

The integration of physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and speech therapy (ST) into a triple therapy approach has gained recognition in the rehabilitation of patients. The integration of PT-OT-ST triple therapy with accelerated recovery strategies in pulmonary rehabilitation for elderly mechanically ventilated patients is anticipated to overcome the limitations of traditional rehabilitation approaches. By applying stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 60 elderly patients over 60 years old requiring mechanical ventilation were selected. These patients were then divided into an observation group and a control group using a random number table method, with 30 cases in each group. Quality of life indicators were assessed using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) to evaluate changes in the patients' quality of life before the intervention and four weeks post-intervention. Before the intervention, there was no significant difference in the SF-36 scores between the two groups (P＞0.05). After 4 weeks of intervention, the SF-36 scores of the observation group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P＜0.05). This study demonstrates that the combination of PT-OT-ST triple therapy with an accelerated recovery strategy is effective in pulmonary rehabilitation for elderly patients on mechanical ventilation.