Journal of International Psychiatry

[Abstract] Objective To investigate the improvement roles of psychological care in sleep quality and anxiety of patients with traumatic brain injury complicated by insomnia. Methods 80 cases of patients with traumatic brain injury complicated by insomnia who were treated in our hospital from April 2014 to April 2016 were randomly selected , these patients were divided into psychological care group (n = 40) and routine care group (n = 40) two group according to the methods of care, the sleep quality and anxiety of the two groups were statistically analyzed. Results The differences of sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep time, sleep efficiency, sleep disorders, increasing the dysfunction scores and PSQI total score, SAS score before care between the two groups were not significant (P> 0.05), the sleep quality, daytime dysfunction scores and PSQI score, SAS score after care of the psychological care group were significantly lower than the usual care group (P <0.05), but differences of sleep latency, sleep time, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance scores between the two groups were not significant (P> 0.05). Conclusion Psychological care can effectively improve sleep quality and anxiety of patients with cerebral trauma complicated by insomnia.

[Key words] Psychological care; Traumatic brain injury complicated by insomnia; Sleep quality; Anxiety; Improvement role