Effects of positive psychological nursing intervention on negative emotions and sleep quality in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of positive psychological nursing intervention on the negative emotions and sleep quality of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) , and to provide a basis for clinical nursing. Methods Totally 88 patients from the Department of Spinal Surgery of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School between April 2015 and October 2016 were selected by random sampling and equally divided into a treatment group and a control group according to the table of random number. The patients in the control group received conventional nursing, while the patients in the treatment group, on this basis, received positive psychological nursing intervention. The effect was evaluated with Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) , Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) , Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Satisfaction Questionnaire before and after the intervention. Results After the intervention, the patients in the treatment group showed lower SAS and SDS scores than before the intervention (P<0.05) , which were (36.27±3.86) and (34.37±5.02) , respectively. The PSQI score of the patients in the treatment group was (7.6±2.4) , lower than that of the patients in the control group (P<0.05) . The patients in the treatment group had a higher satisfaction score (95.45%) than the patients in the control group (79.54%) . Conclusions Positive psychological nursing intervention can effectively reduce anxiety and depression in AS patients, relieve their negative emotions, and improve their sleep quality and nursing satisfaction. Key words: Spondylitis, ankylosing; Psychological nursing intervention; Negative emotion; Sleep quality