Cognitive behavioral therapy enhances psychological and physiological outcomes in high-altitude respiratory patients

doi:10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.111581

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 16, Issue 1

This Article

Google Scholar

Academic Content and Language Evaluation of This Article

CrossCheck and Google Search of This Article

Academic Rules and Norms of This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Research Domain of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Number of Hits and Downloads for This Article

Total Article Views (0)

All Articles published online

The chart showing PDF series, HTML series, Tables (1-5) series.

Item

Count

PDF

HTML

Tables (1-5)

Sum=22

Publishing Process of This Article

The chart showing Browse series, Download series.

Item

Count

Browse

Download

Sum=5

Jan 19, 2026 (publication date) through Dec 31, 2025

Times Cited of This Article

Times Cited (0)

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Psychiatry

ISSN

2220-3206

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Clinical Trials Study

World J Psychiatry. Jan 19, 2026; 16(1): 111581
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.111581

Table 1 Comparison of health knowledge awareness rate between groups, n (%)

Group	Case	Excellent	Good	General	Bad	Excellent and good
Research group	425	235 (55.29)	163 (38.35)	20 (4.71)	7 (1.65)	398 (93.64)
Control group	1912	518 (27.09)	907 (47.44)	301 (15.74)	186 (9.73)	1425 (74.53)
χ²						74.073
P value						0.000

Full Size Table

Table 2 Comparison of Hamilton Anxiety Scale scores before and after intergroup intervention, mean ± SD

Group	Case	Before	After	t	P value
Research group	425	14.42 ± 1.40	6.97 ± 1.12	85.665	0.000
Control group	1912	14.49 ± 1.37	7.74 ± 1.09	168.590	0.001
t		0.949	13.106
P value		0.106	0.010

Full Size Table

Table 3 Comparison of sleep status before and after intergroup intervention, mean ± SD

Group	Case	PSQI		Sleep duration (minutes)		Sleep efficiency (%)
Group	Case	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Research group	425	13.11 ± 2.18	5.17 ± 1.08^a	309.23 ± 25.84	371.15 ± 31.23^a	52.13 ± 7.87	72.18 ± 8.12^a
Control group	1912	13.09 ± 2.23	7.43 ± 1.35^a	310.19 ± 24.37	329.26 ± 33.34^a	52.25 ± 8.03	60.23 ± 9.26^a
t		0.168	32.289	0.726	23.694	0.280	24.585
P value		0.867	0.001	0.468	0.001	0.779	0.000

^aP < 0.05, before intervention vs after intervention.

PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Full Size Table

Table 4 Comparison of serum hypoxia factor levels before and after intergroup intervention, mean ± SD

Group	Case	HIF-1α (ng/mL)		EPO (mIU/L)
Group	Case	Before	After	Before	After
Research group	425	43.12 ± 4.18	32.19 ± 3.24^a	67.25 ± 8.14	33.27 ± 2.23^a
Control group	1912	43.09 ± 4.23	37.24 ± 3.15^a	67.18 ± 9.02	39.31 ± 2.34^a
t		0.133	29.738	0.142	48.697
P value		0.895	< 0.001	0.883	0.001

^aP < 0.05, before intervention vs after intervention.

HIF-1: Hypoxia inducible factor; EPO: Erythropoietin.

Full Size Table

Table 5 Comparison of intergroup clinical intervention satisfaction, n (%)

Group	Case	Very satisfied	Satisfied	Commonly	Unsatisfied	Very satisfied and satisfied
Research group	425	256 (60.24)	150 (35.29)	11 (2.59)	8 (1.88)	406 (95.53)
Control group	1912	622 (32.53)	910 (47.60)	258 (13.49)	122 (6.38)	1532 (80.13)
χ²						58.273
P value						< 0.001

Full Size Table

Citation: Meng DF, Zhang DY, Yang F, Meng PL, Wen TT, Wang YZ. Cognitive behavioral therapy enhances psychological and physiological outcomes in high-altitude respiratory patients. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(1): 111581
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v16/i1/111581.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.111581