Abstract: Objective To investigate the mental health status of patients with cervical spondylosis and the curative effect of psychotherapy.Methods71 patients of cervical spondylosis with psychological obstacles were randomly divided into the experiment group (32 cases, treated by physiotherapy combined with psychotherapy simultaneously) and control group (39 cases, treated by physiotherapy only). The patients' somzatization and mental health status were evaluated by the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and the table of curative effect estimation of cervical syndrome before and four weeks after treatment.ResultsThere was no significant difference between two groups in the degrees of somzatization and scores of SCL-90 before treatment. After four weeks treatment, both two groups had improvement in the physical symptom and psychological condition, but the curative effect of the experiment group was better than the control group ( P<0.05).ConclusionBecause having a long disease course, the patients with cervical spondylosis have different level mental health troubles. Psychotherapy is helpful to improve curative effect.

Key words: cervical spondylosis, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, curative effect