Mohammad-Rasoul Tohidniya; Maziyar Jalalvandi; Yaser Azizi; Milad Moradi; Siyamak Mohebi
Volume 24, Issue 6 , March and April 2018, , Pages 37-43
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Visual acuity has an important role in the elderly’s communication with the environment. Cataract is a major cause of reduced visual acuity in the elderly, which can be treated only through surgery. Like in any other surgery, the elderly who should undergo cataract ...
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Background & Objectives: Visual acuity has an important role in the elderly’s communication with the environment. Cataract is a major cause of reduced visual acuity in the elderly, which can be treated only through surgery. Like in any other surgery, the elderly who should undergo cataract surgery experience a lot of anxiety. Relaxation techniques are of the procedures that can lead to stress reduction and create comfort and relaxated people. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the effect of guided imagery on pre-operation anxiety and hemodyna mic factors in the elderly undergoing cataract surgery.
Materials & Methods: The present randomized clinical trial recruited 50 elderly patients undergoing cataract surgery who met the inclusion criteria in the period of August to December 2014 through purposive sampling from patients at Vasei Hospital in Sabzevar, Iran, and randomly assigned them to the case and control groups. The control group received routine care and the case group received guided imagery using an audio file. Spielberger’s anxiety inventory and checklist of physiological changes were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using statistical tests by SPSS 16 software at a desirable significance level, independent t tests, chi-square test, fisher exact test and ANOVA.
Result: The mean of hemodynamic factors did not significantly differ in the two groups before intervention (p>0.05), but significantly reduced systole blood pressure (p<0.001), diastole blood pressure (p<0.01) and respiration (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Guided imagery can effectively reduce physiological responses of anxiety before surgery in the elderly. Hence, it is suggested that clinical nurses and nursing students use it for better nursing services.
Mehdi Jamali Nik; Kazem Maskani; Mohsen Koushan; MohammadHasan Rakhshani
Volume 22, Issue 4 , September and October 2015, , Pages 708-715
Abstract
Background and purpose: cardiac catheterization is one of the most common diagnostic and therapeutic methods of heart disease, Teaching methods such as group training creates the feeling of comfort and make the patients more relax, as well as it changes their psychological and physiological responses. ...
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Background and purpose: cardiac catheterization is one of the most common diagnostic and therapeutic methods of heart disease, Teaching methods such as group training creates the feeling of comfort and make the patients more relax, as well as it changes their psychological and physiological responses. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of group emotional expressions, on stress level of patients awaiting for cardiac catheterization. Materials and Methods: This interventional study (randomized trial) was carried out on 80 patients undergoing coronary angiography for the first time, in Vasee Hospital of Sabzevar in 2014. The samples were selected according to patients available on random days. In the intervention group, emotional expression method was performed. Data were collected via State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and standard anxiety questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using Chi-square, Fisher exact and analysis of covariance. (Significant level=0.05) Results: The average age of participants in this study was about 54.11±10.67 years. Among all patients, 39 participants (48.8%) were male and 41 participants (51.2%) were females. In the intervention group, mean score of STAI decreased significantly in comparision to the control group (p‹0.010). Conclusion: Group expression of emotions affect patient’s anxiety undergoing first time coronary angiography. Therefor it's recommended to use this method befor cardiac catheterization performance.