Abstract:Objective To determine the curative effects of sertraline in the treatment of the elderly benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH) patients with depression and its influence on patients’ quality of life. Methods Totally 118 elderly BPH patients with depression admitted to our department from January 2011 to May 2012 were enrolled in this study, and randomly assigned into treatment group(n=60) and control group(n=58). All patients were treated with conventional drugs for BPH, while those from treatment group were additionally treated with sertraline for 12 weeks. All patients were evaluated with Hamilton Depression Rating Scale(HAMD-17), and Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAMA) and Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale(TESS) before treatment and at the ends of 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks after treatment, and at the same time with Generic Quality of Life Inventory(GQOLI-74) before treatment and at the ends of 12 weeks treatment. Results After 12 weeks treatment, great improvement was achieved in treatment group in their depressive and anxious symptoms(P<0.01). And they also had higherscores in physical health, mental health and social function in quality of life than those before treatment and those in the control gourp(P<0.05, P<0.01). Conclusion Sertraline has significant effectiveness in the treatment of the elderly BPH patients with depression, and also significantly improves their quality of life.