1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Paramedicine, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Research Center for Prevention of Psychosocial Impairment
2Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Research Center for Prevention of Psychosocial Impairment
3Department of Biostatistics, Research Center for Prevention of Psychosocial Impairment
4Masters Student of Geriartric Nursing, Illam University of Medical Science, Illam, Iran
*Corresponding author: Monavar Hasanvand Amoozadeh Masters Student of Geriartric Nursing, Illam University of Medical Science, Illam, Iran. Mhasanvand19@Gmail.Com
Online published on 5 May, 2018.
Patients who undergo coronary angiography often experience stress and anxiety. The aim of this study is to determine the level of anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography in Imam Hossein Hospital of Mehran in 2016.
the presented descriptive-cross sectional study was conducted on 63 patients (age range of 35–70) who had coronary angiography. The research tool was Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The data were then analyzed by SPSS V20 software. &2, Mann-Whitney, independent T test and Covariance analysis were also employed.
33 participants were men and 30 of them were women, 88.8% of them were married. The majority of participants (74%) had medium level anxiety; 12% of them reported medium anxiety while the anxiety level of 14% of the participants was evaluated as severe.
As most of the samples had anxiety, presenting educational films, pamphlet and holding educational classes can reduce their anxiety. Some information could be also provided on the angiography in the form of CDs.
Anxiety, angiography, patient
