Journal of International Psychiatry

[Abstract] Objective: To explore the influence of nursing intervention of traditional Chinese Medicine based on evidence on patients with depression and sleep disorders. Methods: 92 cases of patients with depression and sleep disorders treated in our hospital were selected as the study object, and were divided into experimental group and control group according to random number table method, 46 cases in each group. The control group were given routine nursing intervention, and the experimental group were given nursing intervention of traditional Chinese Medicine based on evidence. Psychological status, sleep quality and treatment compliance were observed in the two groups. Results: After intervention, the scores of SDS and SAS were significantly lower than those before intervention in the two groups (P < 0.05), which of the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05). After intervention, sleep quality, sleep disorders, sleep time, daytime dysfunction, sleep time, PSQI total score all were significantly lower than those before intervention (P < 0.05), which of the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The treatment compliance rate of the experimental group was 91.30% significantly higher than that of 76.09% of the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Nursing intervention of traditional Chinese Medicine based on evidence can significantly improve psychological status and sleep quality, and improve treatment compliance.

[Keywords] Evidence based theory; Traditional Chinese medicine nursing; Depression; Sleep disorder; Clinical effect