Clinical psychological intervention on anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients

Objective To explore the effects of clinical psychological intervention on anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients .Methods Hemodialysis patients were randomly divided into two groups：psychological inter-vention group and control group ,25 patients in each group .In intervention group ,besides routine clinical treatment and nursing measures ,we analyzed the clinical information of the patients ,consulted the relevant documents ,combined the evidence and clinical experience ,and finally conducted the psychological intervention .Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and Self-Rating Depression Scale of these patients were analyzed .Results Before the intervention , the SAS and SDS scores of intervention group and control group were （57.3 ±1.5） versus （56.9 ±1.6） and （55.3 ±2.3） versus （56.1 ±3.5）,respectively.The t values were 0.912（P〉0.05） and 0.955（P〉0.05）,respectively.After interven-tion,the score before and after the trial between these two groups were significantly different （P〈0.05）.The SAS and SDS scores of intervention group and control group were （16.4 ±0.9） versus （10.1 ±1.3） and （14.3 ±2.1） ver-sus （9.7 ±1.5）,respectively.Conclusion Clinical psychological intervention can effectively relieve anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients . Key words: Psychological intervention; Hemodialysis; Anxiety; Depression