Nursing intervention on psychological status and life quality of patients with chronic heart failure / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effect of nursing intervention on anxiety and depression status and life quality of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods 124 cases patients with CHF were randomly classified into the observation group and the control group with 62 cases in each group.The observation group was treated with nursing intervention,the control group was treated with routine nursing.The anxiety and depression status and life quality between the two groups were compared. Results Compared with pre-nursing,not only SAS and SDS score but also physical function,role function,emotional function,social function and quality of life in the observation group were significantly improved after nursing.However,there were no significant differences in the control group.Moreover,the scores of anxiety and depression and life quality were significantly better than those in the control group. Conclusions Nursing intervention for patients with CHF can improve anxiety and depression status and life quality of patients.