Effect of psychological recuperation on the medical personnel working in SARS ward / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To approach the effect of psychological recuperation on the mental health of the medical personnel working in SARS ward. Methods A total of 131 medical workers working in SARS ward were randomly selected as the objects to be psychologically recuperated. Results Both groups' score on somatization, obsessive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety and phobia anxiety is higher than that of the local norm before the training, there is no significant difference between the training group and the control group. After the training, there is no significant difference between the training group and the local norm except somatization; the control group's score in somatization, obsessive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, hostility is higher than that of the local norm, while the training group′s scores in the five dimensions is obvious lower than that of control group. Conclusion Psychological behavior training played a positive role on the' mental health of the medical personnel working in SARS ward.