Abstract:

Objective To explore the influence of psychological intervention on emotion, coping style and physiological reaction of bronchial asthma patients. Methods A total of 60 patients were randomly divided into the experimental and control groups. Patients in the experimental group were given psychological intervention based on routine therapy, while those in the control group were only given routine therapy. Emotion and coping style rating scales were given to both the groups on the second and twenty-eighth day after they registered to observe the changes of their psychological reaction; electric skin resistance was recorded by skin resistance meter to observe the response of the sympathetic nervous system; radiative immunifaction was used to examine the content of cortisol in the patients′ saliva. Another 30 normal people were chosen for the antitheses group and were also given the above measured indexes. Results There were significant differences in terms of psychological and physiological indexes between patients and normal people before intervention　(P＜0.05). There were no differences in terms of psychological and physiological indexes between the two patient groups before intervention (P＞0.05). There were significant differences in terms of psychological and physiological indexes between the experimental group before and after intervention, and also between the two patient groups after intervention (P＜0.05). There were no differences in terms of psychological and physiological indexes between the control group before and after intervention(P＞0.05). Conclusion Psychological intervention in combination with routine therapy can effectively decrease the stress reaction of bronchial asthma patients.

Key words: Asthma; Psychotherapy; Stress; Mental processes; Physiological processes