Journal of International Psychiatry

〇bjective To study the clinical effect of health education nursing in patients with the mood ofanxiety and depression in gastroenterology department. Methods 168 patients with the mood of anxiety and depres- sion anddigestive system diseases in the hospital were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group with84 cases in each group. The control group received routine nusing while the observation group received health education, on the basis of routine nursing. SAS and SDS were used to evaluate the degree of anxiety and de- pression in patients before and after the treatment. The effect and the length of hospital stay was observed and recor_ decl. Results The SAS and SDS scores in the observation group, 24h before discharge were significantly lower than those24h before admission and those in the control group24h before discharge(P<0. 05). The obvious effective rate in the observation group was better than that in the control group, and the length of hospital stay was shorter than that in the control group(P<0.05). Conclusion HealLh education can effectively relieve the anxiety and depression o」「 patients in the department of gastroentero1ogy, helping to improve the rehabilitation effect of patients and speed up the rehabilitation process.

Department of gastroenterology; Anxiety; Depression; Health education