title: [The effect of comprehensive therapy on psychological state of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate psychological state of patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and the effect of comprehensive therapy on it.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-five patients were assessed with SCL-90, SAS and HRSD on different time. Statistical treatment was performed with T test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The subscores of somatization, anxiety, depression, psychoticism of SCL-90 in OSAHS were higher than average scores in China. The SCL-90, SAS, HRSD scores of anxiety and depression decreased by turns on the first week and third month after treatments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with OSAHS are more anxious and depressive than normal. Comprehensive nursing care conduce to physically and mental rehabilitation of OSAHS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China. wzl1812@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Zhenlin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaowen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Gehua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Halin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003863:Depression; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult