Determination the level of anxiety among patients scheduled for diagnostic cardiac catheterization

الملخص EN

Objective : presented study aimed to Determination the Level of anxiety among patients scheduled for Diagnostic cardiac catheterization.

Methodology : descriptive design study was conducted at Cardiac Catheterization Center at Marjan hospital in Al-Hillah city, data was gathered by using prepared form which consist tool for measuring the level of the anxiety for patients admitted to the hospital from the period (August 5 .2012 to December 20.2012).

The selected sample was 95 patients.

Results : the results shows that the higher percentage of the sample (54.7 %) were male most of them were smoker 64.2%, and 48.4 % of the sample were hypertensive ; 50.5 % of the sample suffer from moderate level of anxiety, according to the signs and symptoms which is associated with anxiety most of the sample were suffering from headache and sleeping disturbance two days ago before the procedure.

Recommendation : Patient education material is either sensory- or procedural-oriented should be prepared.

Procedural material describes the steps involved in the cardiac catheterization.

Sensory information focuses on what the patient will see, hear, feel, smell or taste during the procedure which helps the patient reduce anxiety by communicating a better understanding of what to expect during the procedure.