Journal of International Psychiatry

〇bjective To discuss the clinical significances of psychological interventions in osteoporosis pa-tients with anxiety. Methods 100 patients diagnosed as osteoporosis were randomly divided into treatment and con_ trot group with50 cases in each group. Both groups were given routine treatment for osteoporosis and only experimen- tal group received perLinent psychological interventioneasurements of bone mineral density and serum osteocalcin were conducted pre and post treatments for both groups. Zungs Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) was utilized for evalua- tion of anxiety in patients. Results Patients in the experimental group had an obviously superior bone mineral den- sity and serum osteocalcin concentration to the control group and the difference was statistically significant(P< 0.05). SAS scores for the experimental group was significantly lower than the control group(P<0.05). Conclu- sion Psychological interventions can effectively improve anxiety state and enhance treatment efficacy in patients with osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis; Psychological intervention; Anxiety