Psychological Intervention on Anxiety of Patients with Motor Neuron Disease before Stem Cell Transplantation via Lumbar Puncture
- VernacularTitle:运动神经元病患者行腰椎穿刺干细胞移植术前焦虑心理干预研究
- Author:
Jing SHI
;
Xiurong CHEN
;
Hongjie MA
;
Lei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
motor neuron disease, stem cell, anxiety, psychological intervention
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2007;13(2):167-168
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of psychological intervention on anxiety of patients with motor neuron disease (MND) before stem cell transplantation via lumbar puncture.Methods40 MND patients were randomly divided into the group A and group B with 20 cases in each group. Every patient received anxiety assessment on the day of hospitalization, the day before transplantation as well as the day after transplantation. As to the patients in the group B, psychological intervention was performed before the second time anxiety assessment, while no such intervention to the ones in the group A. Then the assessment was statistically analyzed.ResultsThe patients in each group had anxiety. After psychological intervention, the assessments of the second and the third time of the patients in the group B were better than that of the patients in the group A ( P<0.01).ConclusionPsychological intervention before transplantation can effectively ease the anxiety of patients.
