Background: Researches have shown that in some countries where patients are transferred from intensive care to the general ward, they experience mental challenges, including anxiety. However, in Iran no researches have been done on this subject. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety in patients transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. Samples of this study included 110 patients transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward. Spielberger's questionnaire was used to collect data. To analyze the data, the SPSS version 16 software was used. Results: After entering variables in the multivariate logistic regression model, it was found, that there was only a significant relationship between gender and anxiety. Statistical data showed that 63.6% of patients had moderate anxiety. Conclusions: According to the study, the subjects had high levels of anxiety, thus providing a platform for learning how to deal with anxiety seems to be required for these patients. The study also found that being female is directly related to the level of anxiety in these patients. Therefore, more attention to females during transfer from the intensive care to the general ward is important.
Background: Transition from intensive care unit to a general ward is a stressful situation for patients. It is believed that a liaison nurse can prevent adverse events during the transfer process.Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effect of a liaison nurse on anxiety related to the transportation of patients from the cardiac surgery intensive care unit to a general ward. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 68 patients that were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The demographic information and disease profile were collected at the baseline of the study. Liaison nurse services were provided for the experimental group during the transfer process. The Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) was used to measure the patients' anxiety at the start of the transfer and two hours after admission to the general ward. Independent samples and paired t-tests were used to compare the anxiety mean scores in the experimental and control groups.Results: Before the intervention, the mean anxiety was 45.61 ± 12.42 and 40.11 ± 10.95 in the experimental and the control groups, respectively (P = 0.057). However, after the intervention, the mean anxiety score was significantly decreased to 33.20 ± 6.22 in the experimental group (P < 0.001) while it increased to 44.17 ± 10.23 in the control group (P < 0.001).
Conclusions:Liaison nurse services affected the patients' anxiety in the process of transition from the cardiac surgery intensive care unit to the general ward.
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