Impact of the intensive psychological intervention care on post-traumatic stress disorder and negative emotions of teenage female patients seeking an induced abortion

作者：Liu, Huiling; Wu, Fengdi; Liao, Guixia; Mai, Sizi; Ouyang, Meijin^*

来源：Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023, 14: 1033320.

DOI：10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1033320

• intensive psychological intervention care
• induced abortion
• adolescent
• PTSD
• anxiety
• depression

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effects of intensive psychological intervention care on adverse emotions and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in female teenage patients after induced abortion.Methods: This prospective cohort study included 100 teenage female patients seeking induced abortion who were randomly divided into two groups: the intervention group (n = 50) and the control group (n = 50). The intervention group received intensive psychological intervention care, while the control group received standard routine nursing. The scores of the PTSD checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), self-rating depression (SDS), and self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) were compared between the two groups at 1 month and 3 months after the operation.Results: The intervention group had lower risk of developing PTSD (24% vs. 44%), depression (10% vs. 32%), and anxiety (0% vs. 12%) symptoms at 1 month after the surgery. However, there were no significant differences observed between the two groups at 3 months after the surgery. Furthermore, the intervention group had significantly lower scores in PCL-5 (27.4 +/- 5.4 vs. 31.8 +/- 5.7; 20.5 +/- 7.1 vs. 25.0 +/- 7.5; p < 0.05), SDS (31.8 +/- 5.4 vs. 37.8 +/- 6.6; 26.8 +/- 5.0 vs. 31.4 +/- 7.2; p < 0.05), and SAS (32.7 +/- 5.0 vs. 39.8 +/- 6.9; 25.0 +/- 2.7 vs. 27.5 +/- 2.8; p < 0.05) at 1 month and 3 months after induced abortion.Conclusion: These findings suggest that intensive psychological intervention care can reduce the incidence and severity of depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms in teenage patients who undergo induced abortion.

• 单位
  1; 南方医科大学