Survey on psychologic status in outpatients of spinal surgery department in a general hospital

Abstract

Objective To discuss the psychological status of outpatients in spinal surgery depart-ment and to survey the influence of preoperative psychologic on the patients after divided them into two groups, and to supply data for psychological - social intervention. Methods Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL -90) were used in 104 outpatients which were divided into the ready operation group and the non -ready op-eration group. Results All the patiens gained obviously more scores in the somatization factor, obsession factor, depression factor, anxiety factor, and hostility factor than norm (P < 0.01) . The somatization factor score, obsessive factor score, depressive factor score, anxious factor score and phobic anxiety factor score of the ready operation group were significantly higher than non - ready operation group (P < 0.01). Conclu-sions Patients of spinal surgery suffer psychological disorders, especially for the ready operation patiens. We suggest that biological treatment should combine with psychological intervention. Key words: General hospital ; Spinal surgery department; SCL - 90 ; Preoperative psychologic