[The effect of comprehensive therapy on psychological state of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome].
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.
Wang
Zhenlin
Z
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China. wzl1812@yahoo.com.cn
Zhang
Xiaowen
X
Li
Yuan
Y
Zhang
Gehua
G
Liu
Xian
X
Li
Halin
H
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