Journal of International Psychiatry

[Abstract] Objective: To study the effect of health guidance on depression of the patients with small solitary pulmonary nodules by puncture and positioning assisted video-assisted thoracic surgery. Methods: 78 cases of pulmonary nodules were randomly divided into observation group and control group, cases were randomly divided into observation group and control group, cases were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, the patients in our hospital were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, each of the 39 cases. On the basis of routine nursing intervention, the observation group was treated with health guidance. Self rating Depression Scale (SDS) score, self rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) were used to evaluate two groups of patients with mental state, compared with the two groups before and after treatment SDS score, SAS score changes, treatment effective rate and complications. Results: Both differences of SDS scores and SAS scores between the two groups were not significant (P<0.05). Compared with before treatment, the scores of SDS and SAS in each group were significantly lower (P<0.05). After treatment, the SDS score and SAS score in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The two groups of patients with preoperative CT guided localization success rate was 100%, the average positioning time of the observation group was significantly different from the control group (P>0.05). The difference of adverse reactions between the two groups was not significant (P>0.05). Conclusion: Health guidance can effectively improve the depression and anxiety in patients with pulmonary nodules, and improve the quality of life of patients with pulmonary nodules.

[Keywords] Small solitary pulmonary nodules; puncture and positioning assisted video assisted surgery; health guidance; depression