Abstract
Objective To discuss the effect of cognitive nursing intervention in improving anxiety and depression in patients with tinnitus.Methods A total of 100 patients with tinnitus in the Department of Otolaryngology,Shenzhen Yantian People's Hospital from October 2008 to October 2010 were randomly divided into the observation group (50 cases) and the control group (50 cases).Both groups received conventional treatment and nursing,and the observation group had cognitive nursing intervention in addition.The score of SAS and SDS were used to evaluate their degree of anxiety and depression before and 4 weeks after treatment.Results Before treatment,SAS was (51.14 ±0.97) and SDS was (53.60 ± 1.05) in the observation group,SAS was (51.04 ± 0.90) and SDS was (53.00 ± 1.54) in the control group,and the differences were not statistically significant (t =0.534,2.278,respectively; P ＞ 0.05).After intervention,score of SAS was (43.86 ± 1.51) and SDS was (46.10 ± 1.87) in the observation group,SAS was (49.54 ± 1.11) and SDS was (50.74 ± 1.12) in the control group,and the differences were statistically significant (t =-21.41,-15.08,respectively; P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Cognitive nursing intervention can effectively release the anxiety and depression in patients with tinnitus,thus worthy of clinical application. Key words: Cognitive therapy; Tinnitus ; Anxiety ; Depression ; Nursing
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