Journal of International Psychiatry

Objective　Todiscusstheeffect of psychological interventionondepressivesymptomsandquality To discuss the effect of psychological intervention on depressive symptoms and qualityof life（QOL）of patientswithspinal cordinjury（SCI）. （QOL）of patientswithspinal cordinjury（SCI）. QOL）of patientswithspinal cordinjury（SCI）. ）of patientswithspinal cordinjury（SCI）. of patients with spinal cord injury（SCI）. （SCI）. SCI）. ）. Methods　80patientsdiagnosedasspinal cordinjurywere 80 patients diagnosed as spinal cord injury wererandomly divided into treatment group and control group with 40 cases in each group. Both groups were given routinerehabilitation training and the treatment group was given additional systematic psychological intervention. The depres-sive symptoms were assessed using Beck Depression Inventory（DBI）andHamiltonDepressionScale（HAMD）. QOL （DBI）andHamiltonDepressionScale（HAMD）. QOL DBI）andHamiltonDepressionScale（HAMD）. QOL ）andHamiltonDepressionScale（HAMD）. QOL and Hamilton Depression Scale（HAMD）. QOL （HAMD）. QOL HAMD）. QOL ）. QOL . QOLof patients was evaluated using Short Form-36 health survey questionnaire（SF-36）. （SF-36）. SF-36）. ）. Results　Treatment grouphad Treatment group hadlower DBI and HAMD scores than the control group with statistically significant differences（P <0.05）. Inthetreat- ）. Inthetreat- . In the treat-ment group，thescoresforrole-physical，bodilypain，general health，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional ，thescoresforrole-physical，bodilypain，general health，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional the scores for role-physical，bodilypain，general health，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional ，bodilypain，general health，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional bodily pain，general health，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional ，general health，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional general health，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional ，vitality，social functioning，role-emotional vitality，social functioning，role-emotional ，social functioning，role-emotional social functioning，role-emotional ，role-emotional role-emotionaland mental health in SF-36 were all lower than the control group with statistical significance（P <0.05）. Thetreatment ）. Thetreatment . The treatmentgroup had a greater physiological functioning score than the control group but the difference was not statistically signifi-cant（P >0.05）. ）. Conclusion　Psychological interventioncanmarkedlyimprovedepressivesymptomsandenhance Psychological intervention can markedly improve depressive symptoms and enhanceQOL of SCI patients.

Spinal cord injury；Psychologicalintervention；Depression