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The effects of education on anxiety among Chinese patients with heart disease undergoing cardiac catheterization in Hong Kong
Dominic Shung Kit Chan
Associate Professor, Nethersole School of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Heung Wan Cheung
Nurse Specialist, Coronary Care Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the effects of patient education on anxiety among Chinese patients with heart disease undergoing cardiac catheterization in Hong Kong. Data were collected on three occasions from subjects from a regional major hospital in Hong Kong; 62 clients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into experimental and control groups with 31 subjects in each group. Group education had been undertaken before cardiac catheterization. Main outcome measures were State Anxiety Inventory (STAI Form Y-1) and Knowledge about Cardiac Catheterization.
State anxiety of all subjects reached the highest at the time just before cardiac catheterization and recorded the lowest at the time following the procedure. A lower level of anxiety was experienced by the experimental subjects who received the education intervention when compared with the control subjects who did not receive the education intervention before cardiac catheterization. The study provides initial information about anxiety reduction with education intervention among Chinese heart disease patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. It is envisaged that the study may also assist health professionals in developing and designing effective educational programmes for clients prior to cardiac catheterization.
Keywords
coronary heart disease, cardiac catheterization, education intervention, anxiety, Hong Kong Chinese
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