Salah Abd El-ghafar, H., Said Taha, A., Elsayed Ghonaem, S., Fares Mohamed, N. (2025). Effect of Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise on Preoperative Patients' Anxiety, Blood Pressure and Heart Beats.. test, 6(1), 391-407. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.412013
Hend Salah Abd El-ghafar; Amal Said Taha; Samah Elsayed Ghonaem; Noura Fares Mohamed. "Effect of Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise on Preoperative Patients' Anxiety, Blood Pressure and Heart Beats.". test, 6, 1, 2025, 391-407. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.412013
Salah Abd El-ghafar, H., Said Taha, A., Elsayed Ghonaem, S., Fares Mohamed, N. (2025). 'Effect of Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise on Preoperative Patients' Anxiety, Blood Pressure and Heart Beats.', test, 6(1), pp. 391-407. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.412013
Salah Abd El-ghafar, H., Said Taha, A., Elsayed Ghonaem, S., Fares Mohamed, N. Effect of Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise on Preoperative Patients' Anxiety, Blood Pressure and Heart Beats.. test, 2025; 6(1): 391-407. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.412013

Effect of Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise on Preoperative Patients' Anxiety, Blood Pressure and Heart Beats.

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University
Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 391-407    PDF (662.35 K)
DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.412013
Authors
Hend Salah Abd El-ghafar1; Amal Said Taha2; Samah Elsayed Ghonaem3; Noura Fares Mohamed4
1Clinical instructor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University
2Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University
3Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University
4Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University
Abstract
       Context: Preoperative anxiety is considered real concern for many patients undergoing anesthesia and surgery that may cause tachycardia, hypertension and arrhythmias. Study aim: To evaluate effectiveness of alternate nostril breathing exercise on preoperative patients' anxiety, blood pressure and heart beats. The study used a quasi-experimental design, specifically employing a pre/post-test on purposive sample of 100 adult preoperative patients’ who divided equally into study and control group in accordance to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Setting: conducting of this study was in general surgery units at Benha University Hospital, Qualyubia Governorate, Egypt. Three tools were utilized in this study: I: Patient’ Structured interview questionnaire, II: Beck Anxiety Inventory Scale, III: Physiological parameters assessment. Results: Indicated a statistically significant improvement in total mean score of patients' anxiety, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart beats after exercise implementation (P<0.001) as, the total mean score of patients’ anxiety, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart beats for study group were (134.80±6.14, 84.10±5.41 and 95.06±8.10 respectively) pre-exercise and declined post exercise into (116.40±4.84, 77.20±4.53and 78.90±6.94 respectively). Conclusion: Alternate nostril breathing exercise seemed to have a positive impact on preoperative patients' anxiety, blood pressure and heart beats. Recommendations: Further research studies should be done on a large probability sample from different geographical areas is needed.
Keywords
Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise; Blood Pressure; Patients’ Anxiety; Pulse
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