Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Hossein Tavangar 1
- Farzan Madadizadeh 2
- Zohre Kalani 3
- Razie Beygi Rizi 4
- Zakieh Tavakoli 5
- Mostafa Shokati Ahmad Abad 6
1 Research Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
2 Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Departments of biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of public health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Research Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
4 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
5 Nursing Department, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Science, Tehran, Iran
6 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Research Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Abstract
Background: The presence of pain and anxiety in a patient affects the results and, therefore, the process of healing, as well as the postoperative complications. Therefore, this study was performed to gauge the effect of individual education-supported needs assessment on anxiety among elderly patients who were candidates for open-heart surgery.
Method: This quasi-experimental study was carried out in Iran in 2019. Sixty-one patients, who were candidates for open-heart surgery and aged 60 years or older, were divided into two groups: experiment and control. The patients within the control group received routine care, and therefore, the patients with the intervention received education-supported needs assessment in addition to routine care. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to assess the patients’ anxiety levels. All analysis was performed in SPSS v19 with a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The demographic variables were similar in both groups (p <0.05). The mean scores of both the state and the trait anxiety among the patients in the intervention group decreased significantly after the intervention (p <0.05). The mean scores of both the state and the trait anxiety among the patients in the control group were similar before and after the intervention (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Individual education based on needs assessment among elderly patients is an effective strategy for reducing their anxiety before open-heart surgery.
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Individual education
- Needs assessment
- Open-heart surgery
- CABG
- Elderly
- Psychoepidemiology
- Epidemiology
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