Abstract:Objective To explore the effect of anxiety disorder on immune response in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods A total of 90 cases with chronic hepatitis B who were admitted in our hospital from Jan. 2015 to Jan. 2017 were selected. They were divided into anxiety group (45 cases) and control group (45 cases). Another 45 healthy volunteers were involved as blank group. All patients received standard treatment of Adefovir dipivoxil and Thymosin. The clinical data was compared among three groups. Results The levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-10 (IL-10), interferon (IFN) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) were the lowest in blank group, and the highest in anxiety group after 12 weeks after treatment (P?0.05). The levels of CD3+CD4+, CD4+, CD4+/CD8+, associate tumor erythrocyte rosette rate (ATERR), natural tumor erythrocyte rosette rate (NTERR) and red blood cell-C3b receptor rate (RBC-C3bRR) were the highest in blank group, and the lowest in anxiety group after 12 weeks after treatment (P?0.05). The levels of CD8+ and red blood cell-immune complex rate (RBC-ICR) were the highest in anxiety group, and the lowest in blank group after 12 weeks after treatment (P?0.05). Conclusions Adefovir dipivoxil and Thymosin can rebuild the immunity in patients with chronic hepatitis B while Anxiety negatively affects immune function.