Psychological anxiety is a component of anxiety, as opposed to physiological anxiety. Emotional experiences and behavioral abnormalities in an anxious state can cause individuals to feel afraid, worried, nervous, troubled, and even fearful or feel a sense of impending death.

To investigate the impact of integrating digital media technology into immersive animation design on psychological anxiety, a study was conducted on 52 patients with psychological anxiety, randomly divided into a control group and an experimental group, with 26 patients in each group. The control group received routine medication and psychological treatment, while the experimental group received digital media immersive animation design treatment based on the control group. The treatment period was 6 weeks. Before and after treatment, the patient’s anxiety was evaluated using the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).

There was no significant difference in the SAS scale before treatment between the control group and the experimental group (P>0.05), indicating comparability between the two groups of patients. After treatment, there was a significant difference in the SAS scale between the control group and the experimental group (P<0.05), and the anxiety score of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group.

Under different treatment schemes, the treatment effect of patients with psychological anxiety is different. Traditional medicine and psychotherapy have limitations. The psychotherapy of digital media technology combined with immersive animation design can improve clinical efficacy.