EFFECT OF FOOT REFLEXOLOGY ON ANXIETY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY

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MAHMOUDIRAD GHOLAMHOSYN; GHAEDI MOSLO MOSTAFA; BAHRAMI HAMIDREZA

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Journal: Journal of Critical Care Nursing Year:2014 | Volume:6 | Issue:4 Page(s): 241-248

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EFFECT OF FOOT REFLEXOLOGY ON ANXIETY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY

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MAHMOUDIRAD GHOLAMHOSYN | GHAEDI MOSLO MOSTAFA | BAHRAMI HAMIDREZA | Issue Writer Certificate

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FOOT REFLEXOLOGYQ3

ANXIETYQ2

ARTERY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHYQ3

COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINEQ2

Abstract

Aims: Although ARTERY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY is the most important method of diagnosing cardiovascular diseases, it is an important factor in increasing patients’ ANXIETY. There are different medicinal and non-medicinal methods to decrease ANXIETY. This paper tried to study the effect of FOOT REFLEXOLOGY on the ANXIETY of patients undergoing ARTERY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY.Methods: In this clinical trial study, seventy patients undergoing ARTERY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY in Valiasr hospital Affiliated with Medical Sciences University of Birjand were assessed in 2013.They were selected through convenience sampling and divided randomly into two intervention and control groups. Spielberg’s state-trait inventory was used to collect data. Any patient in the intervention group received FOOT REFLEXOLOGY for 20 minutes and patients in the control group received no reflexology. The extent to which patients felt anxious in the two groups before, immediately after, and half an hour after the intervention was measured, and the data were analyzed in SPSS 16 software by Chi-square and independent t test.Result: There was a significant difference between the two groups' ANXIETY mean scores before, immediately after, and half an hour after the intervention (p=0.096). Also there was significant difference between changes in ANXIETY mean scores before, immediately after, and half an hour after the intervention in control and intervention groups (p<0.001).Conclusion: Considering the results of this study regarding the effect of FOOT REFLEXOLOGY massage on ANXIETY decrease of patients undergoing coronary angiography, in the case of results conformity in larger studies, it can be used as a safe, effective, applicable and affordable intervention in decreasing patients' ANXIETY in health care centers and hospitals.

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MAHMOUDIRAD, GHOLAMHOSYN, GHAEDI MOSLO, MOSTAFA, & BAHRAMI, HAMIDREZA. (2014). EFFECT OF FOOT REFLEXOLOGY ON ANXIETY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING (IJCCN), 6(4), 241-248. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/151630/en

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MAHMOUDIRAD GHOLAMHOSYN, GHAEDI MOSLO MOSTAFA, BAHRAMI HAMIDREZA. EFFECT OF FOOT REFLEXOLOGY ON ANXIETY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING (IJCCN)[Internet]. 2014;6(4):241-248. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/151630/en

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GHOLAMHOSYN MAHMOUDIRAD, MOSTAFA GHAEDI MOSLO, and HAMIDREZA BAHRAMI, “EFFECT OF FOOT REFLEXOLOGY ON ANXIETY OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING (IJCCN), vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 241–248, 2014, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/151630/en

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