The Effect of Audio-Visual Education Given to Coronary Angiography Patients over Physiological and Psychosocial Parameters

Effect of standard versus patient-targeted in-patient education on patients' anxiety about self-care after discharge from cardiovascular surgery clinics : cardiovascular topic

“…Our findings are in line with previous studies reporting the advantage and necessity of in-patient education for patients hospitalised for cardiovascular surgery, 7 , 8 , 13 but we are the first to demonstrate the superiority of patient-targeted education above standard education in decreasing anxiety levels of patients. Since present evidence in the literature suggests that the psychological stability of patients is associated with better physiological parameters after the procedure and early surgical recovery, 21 - 23 we propose that decreased anxiety provided by patient-targeted education is related to better clinical outcomes after cardiovascular surgery. However, the effect of decreased anxiety levels produced by patient-targeted education on morbidity and mortality rates after cardiovascular surgery should be evaluated in further clinical studies.…”

Relationships between coronary angiography, mood, anxiety and insomnia

“…It is known that depression and anxiety are risk factors in CAD, and such psychological disorders occur in humans in response to learning that they have a heart disease (Balcı and Enc, 2013). One of the most important causes of anxiety is the lack of knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment methods (Köllner and Bemard, 2006;Karadeniz and Altıparmak, 2005).…”

Examination of the anxiety level in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography

“…20 For this reason, it has also become important to visually support the things to be told in addition to the verbal statements in the patient education and it is suggested to use all methods in a combined manner in informing patients. 19,21 It was found in the present study that the individuals who received information about the procedure had a higher level of state anxiety (P<.05) ( Table 6). This might be associated with the fact that the type of informing the patient was only in the form of verbal statements in the clinic where this study was conducted.…”

“…It was indicated in the studies that the patients can remember what is told to them at a rate of %20, while this rate is 40% if the info is read and 80% if the info is provided with multimedia . For this reason, it has also become important to visually support the things to be told in addition to the verbal statements in the patient education and it is suggested to use all methods in a combined manner in informing patients . It was found in the present study that the individuals who received information about the procedure had a higher level of state anxiety ( P <.05) (Table ).…”