Objective:
To investigate the effects of psycholog ical factors on
treatment and outcome of
patients with high
altitude pulmonary e dema(HAPE).
Methods:
In the present study, one hundred and fifty -two
patients with HAPE were tested by
hospital anxiety and
depression scale.
Results:
The results showed that there were 61
patients (40.13%) with
anxiety and 29
patients (19.08%) with
depression. The important factors on mental
state of
patients were preventive
education, the first
time suffering HA PE,
characters of
patients, degree of the
disease and the
medical fee, the less w ere age,
sex,
occupation and
education of patients. Duration of
rales of
lung an d
course of illness were significantly prolonged in HAPE
patients with mental di sorders compared to the
patients without
mental disorder.
Conclusion:
The study suggests that
anxiety and
depression might aggravate the
state of HAPE.