Anxiety therapy in cardiac surgery patients

Aslı Demir,

Aslı Demir¹, Dilan Akyurt¹, Berna Ergün¹, Candan Haytural¹, Tuğba Yiğit¹, İrfan Taşoğlu², Atilla Halil Elhan³, Özcan Erdemli¹

¹Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Anesteziyoloji Kliniği, Ankara
²Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, Ankara
³Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Biyoistatistik Anabilim Dalı, Ankara

Background: In this study we investigated the effects of preoperative briefing on the anxiety levels of cardiac surgery patients.

Methods: With the approval of the hospital ethics committee, patients hospitalized in the cardiac surgery clinic who were scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery were interviewed in detail about patient demographics by means of the state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI). While the study group (n=50) received preoperative briefing, the control group (n=50) did not.

Results: No difference was observed between groups in terms of age, sex, marital status, income level, occupation, and place of birth (p>0.05). Similarly, no difference was observed between these variables and STAI scores. No difference was observed between groups in terms of pre STAI-I and pre STAI-II levels. The level of STAI-I in the study group was significantly reduced after briefing (p=0.015).

Conclusion: Based on the findings of the presented study, it has been shown that anxiety was reduced with preoperative briefing of the patients.

Keywords : Anxiety medication; anxiety treatment; help with anxiety

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