Effect of light therapy on psychological stress and sleep quality in elderly patients with coronary heart disease combine with dsychological barriers / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate application effect of light therapy in elderly patients with coronary heart disease combine with dsychological barriers.Methods:Totally, 112 coronary heart desease patients combine with dsychological barriers treated in Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Xinjiang Medical University from October 2018 to December 2019 were selected, and they were divided into experimental group and control group according to random number table method, each group including 56 patients. The control group received routine care. On the basis of this, the experimental group received light therapy for 4 weeks. Before and after intervention, the effects were assessed by Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively.Results:After intervention, the scores of somatization, compulsion, depression, anxiety, fear and total scores of SCL-90 in the experimental group were (1.26 ± 0.13), (1.43 ± 0.08), (1.17 ± 0.13), (1.14 ± 0.10), (1.34 ± 0.07), (120.55 ± 11.87) points, significantly lower than (1.83 ± 0.53), (1.66 ± 0.59), (1.71 ± 0.12), (1.76 ± 0.13), (1.41 ± 0.12), (130.69 ± 14.16) points in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 2.88-27.79, all P<0.05); and the scores of subjective sleep quality, sleep duration, daytime dysfunction and total scores of PSQI in the experimental group were (0.96 ± 0.19), (1.74 ± 0.36), (1.12 ± 0.22), (10.22 ± 0.60) points, significantly lower than (1.12 ± 0.20), (1.89 ± 0.25), (1.33 ± 0.32), (10.81 ± 0.73) points in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 2.44-4.54, all P<0.05). Conclusions:Light therapy can effectively alleviate the psychological stress response in elderly patients with coronary heart disease combine with dsychological barriers, and improve sleep quality.