Improving quality of life of dementia patients with the help of shankhapushpi treatment given for two months

Pages: 1045-1049
Rajesh Kumar (HES-II, GHS Hurithal, Palwal, Haryana)

The study was aimed to find out the effect of the herbal medicine ‘Shankhapushpi’ on Quality of Life of dementia patients. The study was conducted by employing a two group design on 80 patients suffering from dementia of SDAT and MIT. The experimental group was given treatment of Shankhapushpi for two months. Dementia Quality of Life Instrument by Meryl Broad was used as a tool to assess the quality of life of the patients. The findings of the study supported the hypothesis.