Original Research Article
Effectiveness of dual nursing interventions on anxiety, pain and bio-physiological parameters among patients undergoing cardiac surgery
1Jolly Joseph* and 2Dr. Diana Lobo(Ph.D)
1Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Sarvodaya College of Nursing, PhD Scholar under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India.
2Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing, Mangalore, India.
*Corresponding Author Email:jollyjoseph13(at)gmail.com
Tel.: – +919741003661
ORCID ID – Jolly Joseph https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7727-6182
Jolly Joseph |
Diana Lobo |
Article Number: irjpeh.22.019 | Pages: 156-163 | Vol. 9 (5), December 2022 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.15739/irjpeh.22.019
Received: September 23, 2022 Accepted: November 21, 2022 Published: December 5, 2022
Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases are increasing day by day and it is a pre-dominant health problem these days. Patients undergoing cardiac surgery face significant challenges and experience many physiological and psychological symptoms during the post-operative period. They experience pain, anxiety, stress, muscle tension, variation in blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, cardiac rhythm etc. This pilot study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of dual nursing interventions on anxiety, pain and bio-physiological parameters among patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Forty patients undergoing cardiac surgery who met the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to intervention group(n=20) and control groups (n=20). Patients in the intervention group were given pre-operative video assisted teaching program and reflexology for 45 minutes consecutively for three post-operative days whereas control group received only routine care. Anxiety, pain and bio physiological variables were measured at various time points using tools such as Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Numerical Pain Scale and Checklist was used to record bio physiological variables respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in the scores of anxiety, pain and a few of the bio physiological parameters in the intervention group. However, there was no discernible difference between the groups in the bulk of the bio physiological variables’ values. Both pre-operative video-assisted teaching program and reflexology were found effective in reducing the anxiety, pain and selected bio physiological parameters of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Keywords:
Anxiety, pain, bio-physiological parameters, cardiac surgery
How to Cite this Article
Jolly J Diana L (2022). Effectiveness of dual nursing interventions on anxiety, pain and bio-physiological parameters among patients undergoing cardiac surgery.Int. Res. J. Pub. Environ. Health 9 (5), pp. 156-163.
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