Effect of self-help cognitive behavioral intervention on the recovery of patients with generalized anxiety disorder
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20190910-00630-1
- VernacularTitle:自助式认知行为干预对广泛性焦虑症患者的疗效观察
- Author:
Hui DING
1
;
Yingying LIU
;
Dongqin ZHU
;
Min YANG
Author Information
1. 中南大学湘雅护理学院，长沙 410000
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2020;29(4):337-343
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the effect of self-help cognitive behavioral intervention on the recovery of patients with generalized anxiety disorder.Methods:A total of 123 patients with generalized anxiety disorder were recruited from a comprehensive hospital in Hunan province. The patients were randomly assigned into control group( n=62) and intervention group( n=61) according to random number table. The patients in the control group were received routine treatment alone, while the patients in the intervention group were received routine treatment and WeChat-based self-help cognitive behavioral therapy. The generalized anxiety disorder(GAD-7), self-rating depression scale(SDS), WHO quality of life scale(WHOQOL-BREF), Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI) and medication adherence scale(MARS) were used to measure the anxiety, depression, quality of life, sleep quality and medication compliance at three time points: before intervention (T1), after intervention (T2) and during follow-up (T3). The SPSS 21.0 was used to analyze the data.Mean±standard deviation, frequency and constituent ratio were used to describe the data based on the type of data. Repeated measure ANOVA was used to compare the between-group variation, time effect and interaction effect of two groups at 3 time points. Results:The anxiety score of intervention group at T1, T2, T3 were (12.74± 2.02), (7.13± 1.48), (6.57±1.73) respectively, and the anxiety score of the control group were (12.08±2.11), (11.11±3.27), (10.11±3.33) respectively. Compared with the control group, the score of anxiety in the intervention group was significantly decreased at T2 and T3 ( P<0.05). Compared with control group, the sleep quality and quality of life of intervention group were significantly improved at T2, T3 ( P<0.05), and the medication compliance of the intervention group was significantly improved at T3 ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Self-help cognitive behavioral intervention can decrease anxiety significantly and improve the quality of life, sleep quality, and medication compliance in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
