Effect of Mental Intervention on Anxiety of Senile Diabetes Patients with Insulin Therapy

Objective To evaluate the effect of mental intervention on anxiety of senile diabetes patients with insulin therapy,in hopes of improving the patients' yield to insulin therapy and quality of life.Methods 217 senile diabetic patients who primary used insulin were divided into control group(n=108) and therapy group(n=109) randomly.The mental intervention was performed in the therapy group.The anxiety states and yield to insulin therapy of patients in the two groups were evaluated with anxiety self evaluation scale before and after therapy.Results The anxiety statuses of 106 patients in the therapy group(106/109) and 66 cases in the control group(66/108) were improvement,and there was statistical difference between the both groups.The yield of patients to insulin therapy was also improved in the therapy group.Conclusion Mental intervention should be run through the whole process of insulin therapy for elder diabetes.It is an effective method to improve the anxiety states of elder diabetes patients with insulin,the yield to insulin therapy,and their quantity of life.