Impacts of psychological interventions on the anxiety or depression of family members of high-grade glioma patients

Objective To investigate the impacts of psychosocial interventions on the anxiety and depression among family members of patients with high-grade glioma. Methods Overall 156 patients with high-grade glioma were recruited and randomly distributed into intervention group and control group. The patients of control group received the conventional health education, while the patients of intervention group received the additional intensive psychological caring based on the participants′ psychological status. The Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) were used to assess their level of anxiety and depression. Results The level of anxiety and depression of participants in the intervention group was significantly lower than those in the control group according to SAS and SDS scores, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusions The psychological interventions can decrease the level of anxiety and depression of the family members of patients with high-grade glioma, so as to provide patients with high quality of social and family support. Key words: High-grade glioma; Psychological interventions; Family members of patients