Abstract: AIM To observe the effect of Qi-cultivating and mood-soothing bodybuilding exercise on psychological mood and degree of satisfaction with care in stroke patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.METHODS Sixty stroke patients with gastrointestinal bleeding hospitalized at Yiwu Central Hospital of Zhejiang Province from April 2014 to October 2014 were randomly divided into either a control group or an observation group,with 32 cases in each group.Both groups were given conventional nursing,and the observation group additionally did Qicultivating and mood-soothing bodybuilding exercise.Anxiety,depression,patient satisfaction with care,and rebleeding were compared between the two groups.RESULTS Compared with the values before intervention,the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) scores were significantly lower in both groups (P < 0.05),and the decrease in SAS and SDS scores was more significant in the observation group than in the control group (P < 0.05).After intervention,the scores of service attitude and initiative,care and communication,and health education as well as total score were significantly higher (P < 0.05) and the rate of rebleeding was significantly lower in the observation group than in the control group (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION Qi-cultivating and mood-soothing bodybuilding exercise can reduce anxiety and depression,improve the quality of life,and reduce rebleeding in stroke patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.