Journal of International Psychiatry

[Abstract]Objective:to discuss the effect of pain in patients with nerve-root type cervical spondylosis treated with integrated Chinese and Western therapy and psychological nursing.Methods:68 patients with nerve-root type cervical spondylosis were randomly selected and divided into 34 patients of them treated with integrated Chinese and Western therapy only were taken as control group,while the other 34 patients treated with integrated Chinese and Western therapy and psychological nursing were taken as research group.Compared the clinical effects with two group.Evaluate the improvements of two groups with visual analogue scale(VAS) and neck disability index scale(NDI) before and after 1 month treatments. Evaluate the psychological status in two groups with self-rating anxiety scale(SAS) and self-rating depression scale(SDS) before and after 1 month treatments.Results:The clinical efficacy rate in research group was 91.18%,more than that in control group,difference between two group were statistically significant(P＜0.05).The score of VAS,NDI, SAS, SDS were (2.34±1.08),(12.73±1.68),(24.18±8.79) and (21.79±7.42), difference between two group were statistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusions: Patients with nerve-root type cervical spondylosis in treatments of integrated Chinese and Western therapy and psychological nursing can reduce patients’anxiety and depression, improve clinical symptoms,which contribute to prognosis and outcome.

[Keywords] Nerve-root type cervical spondylosis;Integrated Chinese and Western therapy;Psychological nursing;Clinical effect