2017•Zhonghua xiandai huli zazhiRequires access
Influence of psychological nursing on anxiety and depression of patients with coronary heart disease
Ying Han, Songqi Guo, Nan Wang, Liping Fan, Yuefeng Cheng
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Abstract
Objective
To explore the influence of psychological nursing on anxiety and depression of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) .
Methods
100 CHD patients treated in Ward of veteran cadres in the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from November 2015 to January. 2016 were selected and divided randomly into observation group and control group, each with 50 cases. Patients in the control group received routine CHD nursing, on the basis of which, corresponding psychological nursing was conducted to patients in the observation group. Before and after the intervention, evaluated by self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) , anxiety and depression of patients in the two groups were compared.
Results
Before the intervention, SAS and SDS scores in both groups showed no statistic difference (P>0.05) . After the intervention, SAS and SDS scores in the observation group were lower than that in the control group (P<0.05) .
Conclusions
Psychological nursing intervention can effectively improve anxiety and depression of CHD patients, which makes it helpful in improving clinical treatment effect.
Key words:
Anxiety; Depression; Coronary heart disease; Psychological nursing