Influence of rational-emotive therapy combined with yoga practice on anxiety and stress coping styles of neurologist nurses

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of rational -emotive therapy combined with yoga practice on psychological state for neurologist nurses .Methods Seventy-two nurses in neural department from Ningbo Li Huili hospital were divided into control group and observation group randomly .Control group received normal training, while observation group received rational-emotive therapy combined with yoga practice based on the training.After three months of intervention , they were investigated with stress coping styles questionnaire and Zung self-rating anxiety scale （ SAS ） .Results After three months of the intervention , the nurses in the observation group selected more active coping styles with less passive coping styles , and the score of SAS was （36.47 ±7.65）, which was significantly lower than that （43.21 ±6.81） in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant before and after the intervention （ t =6.89, P <0.05 ）. Conclusions Rational-emotive therapy combined with yoga practice can improve nurses ’ psychological , and promote them to select more positive coping styles to get rid of emotional problems . Key words: Rational-emotive therapy; Yoga; Neurologist nurse; Psychological