Abstract
When patients are hospitalized for diagnostic methods, including cardiac catheterization, the anxiety increases. Therefore, treating these reactions can speed up recovery and decrease of anxiety that causes cardiac complication. Study evaluates the effect of early nursing preparation on anxiety among patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. A quasi experimental research design was utilized. The study was conducted at the Cardiac Catheterization Unit of Menoufia University Hospital, Menoufia Governorate, Shebien El-Kom, Egypt. Subjects: A purposive sample of 100 adult patients of both sexes who were admitted to the cardiac catheterization unit. Tools: two tools were utilized. Tool I: cardiac catheterization patients needs assessment: structured interviewing scheduled questionnaire, consisted of the following: Part 1: Sociodemographic and clinical data. Part II: Cardiac Catheterization Knowledge Assessment Sheet. Tool II: Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HAM-A). Results: the study group had better knowledge than control group, there were statistical significant differences were existed between study and control group regarding the anxiety level at day and post procedure at P values = 0.0001. There were highly statistically significant difference and correlation existed between anxiety and age, gender and level of education at p value= 0.0001. There was a significant correlation between knowledge and anxiety scores at P value= 0.004. Conclusion: it can be concluded that, the early preparation and gave patients’ information before cardiac catheterization improve patients’ knowledge and reduced anxiety.
Highlights
Coronary artery disease is one of the most common reasons of death all over the world and coronary angiography is used broadly in the evaluation and treatment of this disorder [1]
Table (2):- Showed that no statistical significant differences were existed between study and control groups regarding knowledge of preparation for the procedure at pre intervention period
Table (3):- Illustrated that no statistical significant differences were found between study and control groups regarding post procedural Knowledge at pre intervention period
Summary
Coronary artery disease is one of the most common reasons of death all over the world and coronary angiography is used broadly in the evaluation and treatment of this disorder [1]. Many non invasive diagnostic techniques have been commonly used for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, cardiac catheterization still remains the most definitive procedure and is the golden standard for the investigation of many forms of coronary and structural heart disease [2]. Coronary angiography is a standard method used for the anatomic evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) and making decisions about treatment [3, 4]. This procedure is used for diagnostic assessment to confirm or determine the extent and severity of the cardiopathy, Cardiac catheterization is generally an elective procedure in which a symptomatic patient with heart disease follows a protocol that requires admission to hospital [5]
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