Abstract: Objective To observe the influence of psychological intervention that was guided by Maslow hierarchy of needs theory in combination with Tongyang Lishi decoction on cervical spondylotic radiculopathy patients with depressive episode and clinical signs and symptoms. Methods One hundred and eighty cases of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy patients were divided into three groups:the control group,the treatment group 1 and the treatment group 2. Patients in control group received routine nursing, patients in the treatment group 1 were given routine nursing and psychological intervention by reference to Marlow hierarchy of needs theory,patients in the treatment group 2 received Tongyang Lishi decoction with dialectical nursing based on the treatment group 1. Depression scores(17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale,HAMD-17 )and symptom scores were compared before and after the intervention among three groups. Results There ware significant differences among the three groups in depression and symptom scores( P﹤0 . 05 or ﹤0 . 01 ),the treatment group 2 was better than treatment group 1 ,the treatment group 1 was better than control group. Conclusion Compared with routine nursing or using psychological intervention by reference to Maslow hierarchy of needs theory individually,psychological intervention that was guided by Maslow hierarchy of needs theory with Tongyang Lishi decoction based on dialectical nursing has a better curative effect on cervical spondylotic radiculopathy patients with depression.

Key words: cervical spondylosis, Tongyang Lishi decoction, psychological nursing