Effect of Nurse-Led Intervention on Anxiety and Fatigue among Patients undergoing Cardiac Catheterization | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 99, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 1616-1625 PDF (608.66 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.212771 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amira Mohammed Ali Hassan1; Heba Mohammed Mahmoud Elhapashy2; Dena Eltabey Sobh Sobeh3; Shymaa Elsayed Mosaad Mohammed2 | ||
| 1Lecturer in Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University | ||
| 2Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| 3Assist Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nurses are qualified to provide effective nursing interventions in the management of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization; nurses-led interventions for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization have many advantages as reducing anxiety and fatigue. Aim: To evaluate effect of the nurse-led intervention on anxiety and fatigue among patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. Sample: A convenient sample of 100 patients was undergoing cardiac catheterization that randomly was divided into two groups. Setting: This study was conducted at catheterization unit at Mansoura University Hospital. Tools: the used tools were: (I) an interview structured questionnaire, (II) Spielberger’s State Anxiety Inventory (SSAI), and (III) Fatigue assessment scale. Results: The results of this study revealed that there were significant differences in anxiety and fatigue level among patients undergoing cardiac catheterization in the control group compared with study group after the nurse led intervention at (P < .001). Conclusion: The current study concluded that nurse-led intervention had highly statistically significant positive on reducing anxiety and fatigue level among the studied patients undergoing cardiac catheterization in study group than control group < /span>. Recommendations: Replication of the current study with a larger sample of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization in different settings is required for generalizing the results | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Anxiety; Fatigue; Nurse-led intervention; Patients undergoing cardiac catheterization | ||
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