ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the effect of therapeutic communication on negative emotion and quality of life of stoke patients. Methods A total of 120 stroke patients were divided into the control group and the observation group equally. The former received routine nursing and the latter routine nursing plus therapeutic communication. After 4 weeks, they were evaluated by self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depressive scale (SDS), trait coping style questionnaire (TCSQ) and the short-form health survey-36 (SF-36). Results After the intervention, the scores on anxiety, depression and negative coping in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.01), while the scores on positive coping and quality of life were higher in the observation group than those in control group (P<0.01). Conclusion Therapeutic communication can effectively improve stroke patients′negative emotion and quality of life.