Effect of individual psychological intervention on the perioperative psychological state of liver transplantation patients

Objective To explore the individual psychological intervention on the perioperative psychological state of liver transplantation patients.Methods Ninety - six liver transplantation patients in June 2008 to June 2011 were randomly divided into observation group and control group,each group 48 cases.Control group received routine care,the observation group received individual psychological nursing on the basis of routine care.Then patients' perioperative psychological status,surgery complications,length of hospital stay,patients' satisfaction in two groups were observed and compared.Results Before the operation,the SAS,SDS scores in two growps,there were no.statis tically significant differences ( P ＞ 0.05 ) ; Three days laror,the SAS,SDS scores in two groups,there were statis tically significant diffrernces ( P ＜ 0.05 ) ; Ten days later,the postoperative SAS score of observation group was ( 38.82 ± 11.13 ) significantly lower than (43.29 ± 13.16 ) of control group ( t =12.602,P ＜ 0.05 ).The average score of SDS in observation group was ( 36.75 ± 12.20) lower than (47.76 ± 15.82 ) in control group ( t =18.931,P ＜ 0.05 ).Surgery complications and length of hospital stay in observation group were significantly lower than that of control group ( t =16.201,x2 =6.697 ; P ＜ 0.05 ) and patients' satisfaction in observation group was significantly higher than that of control group[ (94.62 ± 17.52) vs (76.69 ± 19.14) ; t =29.641,P ＜ 0.05 ].Conclusions Psychological intervention can decrease the perioperative anxiety and depression of liver transplantation patients,and effectively promote postoperative rehabilitation and it is worth clinical spreading. Key words: Liver transplantation; Psychological nursing; Anxiety; Depression; Patients' satisfaction; Postoperative complication