中药汤剂联合支持性心理治疗对空巢老年人焦虑抑郁情绪的影响

Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Decoction combined with Supportive Psychotherapy on Anxiety and Depression of the Empty Nest Elderly

目的:探讨中药汤剂联合支持性心理治疗对空巢老年人焦虑、抑郁情绪的影响。方法:对80例空巢老年人作为研究组,采用中药汤剂联合支持性心理治疗予以治疗,治疗前和治疗8周后均接受抑郁自评量表(SDS)、焦虑自评量表(SAS)、症状自评量表(SCL-90)检查。比较其治疗前及治疗8周后的变化。结果:研究组在经过8周治疗后,SDS和SAS测量值均较治疗前下降(t=17.60,16.32;P<0.05)。结论:空巢老年人的抑郁、焦虑情绪常见,中药汤剂联合支持性心理干预能明显改善空巢老年人的焦虑抑郁情绪。

Objective： To explore and discuss the effect of traditional Chinese medicine decoction combined with supportive psychotherapy on anxiety and depression of the empty nest elderly. Methods： 80 cases of empty nest elderly people were put into the study group and treated with Chinese medicine decoction combined with supportive psychotherapy, Before treatment and 8 weeks after treatment, they were checked by Self-rating Depression Scale （SDS）, Self-rating Anxiety Scale （SAS） and symptom checklist 90 （SCL-90）.The changes after 8 weeks of the two groups were compared. Results： Compared with the measurements of SDS and SAS before treatment, the measurements after 8 weeks were significantly reduced （t =17.60, 16.32;P〈 0.05）.Conclusion： Depression and anxiety is common in empty nest elderly, Traditional Chinese medicine decoction combined with supportive psychotherapy can improve the anxiety and depression of the empty nest elderly.