Effects of progressive muscle exercise combined with mindfulness decompression on sleep quality and emotional state in patients with cardiothoracic surgery

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of progressive muscle exercise combined with mindfulness decompression on sleep quality and emotional state in patients with cardiothoracic surgery. Methods A total of 41 cases of cardiothoracic surgery patients admitted from October 2015 to September 2016 in this hospital were taken as control group and traditional nursing intervention was implemented.A total of 43 cases of cardiothoracic surgery patients admitted by the hospital from October 2016 to September 2017 were taken as the research group. On the basis of traditional nursing intervention in the control group, progressive muscle exercise supplemented by mindfulness decompression intervention was implemented.Before and at the end of the first week after the intervention, patients in both groups were assessed by Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Scale. Results After intervention, the negative emotion scores and Pittsburgh sleep quality scores of the research group were lower than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusions For patients with cardiothoracic surgery, the introduction of progressive muscle exercise combined with mindfulness decompression can improve the sleep quality and emotional state of patients, which is worthy of clinical promotion. Key words: Cardiothoracic surgery; Progressive; Muscle exercise; Mindfulness decompression; Sleep quality