Effect of humanistic care on the anxiety of patients with depressive episode
Li Fanghua
Zhong Gengkun
Lu Qinghua
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the effect of humanistic care on the anxiety of patients with depressive episode.Methods:40 pa-tients with depressive episode associated with anxiety(from Sept.2013 to Jan.2014)were taken as the observation group;other 40 patients suffering from the same disease(from Apr.to Aug.2013)were taken as the control group.The humanistic care was adopted in the observa-tion group and the routine nursing care was taken in the control group.After observation for 8 weeks,the Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAMA) was used to score the conditions of the patients and the scores were compared between the two groups.Results:The HAMA scores were low-er in the observation group than the control group(P<0.05);the total HAMA score decreased at the end of the first week in the two groups(P<0.05);the total HAMA score also decreased at the end of the 2nd,4th and 8th week(P<0.01).Conclusion:Implementation of the humanistic care based on the conventional medication and nursing care can reduce the anxiety level and promote the rehabilitation of patients with depressive episode associated with anxiety.
Keywords：Humanistic careDepressionAnxiety
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 26-27 )