Objective To provide individualized interventions aimed at improving the quality of life of elderly patients,the diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research(DCPR)was used to evaluate the psychosomatic related disorders in elderly patients with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease after infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavir-us-2(SARS-CoV-2).Methods Using random sampling,101 elderly patients with coronary heart disease admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from September 2022 to June 2023 were selected as the re-search subjects.According to whether they were infected with SARS-CoV-2,69 cases were in the infected group and 32 cases were in the uninfected group.The DCPR scale was used to evaluate the current psychosomatic status of the pa-tients,and statistical methods such as group t-test,Wilcoxon rank-sum test,X2 test,and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the impact of psychosomatic symptoms on the elderly patients with coronary heart disease after infection with COVID-19.Results The infected group was more likely to develop depressed moods[Mild depression:27(39.10%)vs.5(15.60%);Moderate to severe depression:9(13.10%)vs.1(3.10%)]and psychosomatic symp-toms[(37(53.60%)vs.25(78.10%),x2=5.537,P<0.05].The differences in the scores of happiness total score,sleep disturbance,psychological distress,and abnormal disorder behavior between the two groups were all statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion Infection with SARS-CoV-2 is one of the influencing factors of psychosomatic disor-ders in elderly patients with coronary heart disease,DCPR can make a more comprehensive assessment and help to pro-pose reasonable and targeted interventions in time.
The agedCoronary heart diseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2Psychosomatic disor-dersScale evaluation