Abstract
Objective To investigate different personality traits and psychological interventions' effect on the patients' anxiety in fiberbronchoscope examination. Methods The eysenck personality questionnaire(EPQ) scale and Zung self-rating anxiety scale(SAS) were used to assess the patients . The patients were randomly divided into experimental and control groups, the experimental group, respectively, the implementation of cognitive therapy and relaxation treatment of psychological intervention, psychological evaluation was investigated again before fiber bronchoscopy. Results The scale showed that it had significant difference(P<0.05) between before and after the psychological intervention(before intervention: 55.8±1.50, 54.9±1.62, 57.84±2.13; after intervention: 46.2±1.38, 45.3±1.47, 59.26±2.41). The patients' personality trait was correlated with their anxiety(P<0.01). Conclusions The psychological intervention can be effective in reducing patients' anxiety, and it can help patients take the initiative to meet the inspection, improve the success rate of inspection.And different personality traits can effect on patients' anxiety level. Key words: Fiberoptic bronchoscope; Personality traits; Psychological intervention; Anxiety
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