Influence of Health Education on Type 2 Diabetic Inpatients' Anxiety and Depression

Objective To investigate the incidence of type 2 diabetic inpatients' anxiety and depression,and discuss the treatment effect of health education.Methods We investigated the anxiety and depression of type 2 diabetic inpatients between January 2009 and May 2012,gave health education to the anxious and depressed patients,and reevaluation was carried out when the patients were discharged from the hospital.Results The result showed that 22.45% of the type 2 diabetic inpatients had anxiety,and 11.37% of them had depression.After the health education,the number of anxious patients was markedly reduced(P 0.05),especially in patients with mild and moderate anxiety,but it had no distinct improvement in severely anxious patients.To all the depressed patients,health education had bad curative effect,especially in those with moderate and serious depression.Conclusion Anxiety and depression have high incidence in type 2 diabetic inpatients,and health education is an effective treatment for patients with mild and moderate anxiety.