Clinical efficacy of anti－anxiety treatment in patients with arrhythmia / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the relationship between arrhythmias and anxiety , and to evaluate the effect of anti －anxiety treatment in patients with arrhythmias while given conventional treatment .Methods From February 2015 to February 2017,111 patients with arrhythmia in the Fourth Hospital of Handan were selected in the study,and they were divided into treatment group (n＝62) and control group (n＝49) according to the admission to single and double wards.The control group was treated with conventional anti －arrhythmias drugs,while the treatment group was treated with low －dose of anti －anxiety drugs and conventional anti －arrhythmias drugs.The therapeutic effects,symptoms improvement time and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups .Results The effective rate in the treatment group was 96.8%(60／62), which in the control group was 77.6%(38／49), the difference was statistically significant between the two groups (χ2 ＝9.78,P＜0.05).The time of symptoms improve－ment significantly was (4.7 ±1.1)d in the treatment group ,which in the control group was (6.9 ±1.3)d,there was statistically significant difference between the two groups (t＝7.33,P＜0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in side effect between the two groups (P＞0.05).Conclusion Arrhythmia has a certain relationship with anxiety.Anti－anxiety combined with anti －arrhythmic treatment can improve the curative effect of patients with arrhythmia and shorten the time when symptoms begin to improve.