Effects of psychological intervention on anxiety and depression in adult patients with epilepsy

Objective:To explore the influence of psychological intervention on anxiety and depression in adult patients with epilepsy. Method:One hundred and sixty-three patients with epilepsy who received anti-epileptic treatment and psychological intervention were evaluated by Zung self-rating anxiety scale(SAS) and self-rating depression scale(SDS) pre-intervention,one month and three months after intervention,respectively. Results:Both anxiety and depression state of the patients improved significantly after psychological intervention.Compared with pre-intervention,the scores of SAS and SDS were not obviously different after one week of psychological intervention(P=0.469,0.272) ,but the differences were remarkable after one month and three months of intervention(F=15.196,16.207;all P0.001) . Conclusion:The adult epilepsy patients present with obvious mood of anxiety and depression.Both anxiety and depression state may be improved after psychological intervention,and the longer of intervention,the better of effect.