老年痴呆患者家属心理健康状况调查

Investigations of mental health status in family members of patients with senile dementia

目的探讨老年期痴呆患者家属的心理健康状况，为社会化干预提供科学依据。方法将50例老年期痴呆患者家属设为研究组，50例老年脑血管病非痴呆患者家属设为对照组，采用症状自评量表、自评焦虑量表、自评抑郁量表对两组患者家属进行测评分析。结果研究组症状自评量表的躯体化、强迫观念、人际关系、抑郁、焦虑等因子分以及自评焦虑量表和自评抑郁量表评分均显著高于对照组（P〈0．01）。结论老年期痴呆患者家属心理健康水平显著低于老年非痴呆患者家属，其中焦虑抑郁问题更为突出。

Objective To explore the mental health status of the senile dementia patients of their family members,which will provide scientfic basis for community-based interventions. Methods Using self-rating symptom scale, self-rating anxiety scale（SAS）, self-rating depression scale（SDS） to evaluate the mental health Status in 50 subjects of senile dementia, 50 subjects of normal controls with only cerebrovascular disease. Results The somatization,obsessional thoughts, interpersonal relationship of self-rating symptom scale, depression and anxiety marks,and the scores of SAS.SDS are all significantly higher than normal controls（ P〈0.01）. Conclusion Mental health levels are significanthy lower in family members of the senile dementia patients than of non-dementia ones, especially anxiety-depression.