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The Effects Of A Telephone-Based Orientation Program, Delivered During The Waiting Time, On Anxiety In Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography, Maryam Shahpari, Shahin Heidari, Tabandeh Sadeghi
The Effects Of A Telephone-Based Orientation Program, Delivered During The Waiting Time, On Anxiety In Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography, Maryam Shahpari, Shahin Heidari, Tabandeh Sadeghi
Journal of Perioperative Nursing
Background
Anxiety is one of the consequences of hospitalisation for diagnostic– therapeutic procedures, especially in coronary angiography. Studies have shown that interventions when patients are admitted to hospital can reduce anxiety but no research has been carried out on the effects of interventions before patients are admitted. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a telephone-based orientation program, delivered during the waiting time, on anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
Materials and methods
In this clinical trial, 70 patients who were candidates for coronary angiography in an urban region of Iran were selected and randomly assigned to the intervention …