Nursing Interventions for Family Members Waiting During Cardiac Procedures

Kelly Trecartin and Diane L. Carroll
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Kelly Trecartin: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Diane L. Carroll: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, dcarroll3@partners.org

Clinical Nursing Research, 2011, vol. 20, issue 3, 263-275

Abstract: Anxiety is shared by patients and family members (FMs) and can increase throughout the FMs waiting during invasive cardiac procedures (ICP). The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of an informational report (IR) and a postprocedure visit (PPV), on the anxiety of waiting FMs. There were 151 FMs assigned to 3 groups; Group 1 (50 FMs: standard of care [SOC]), Group 2 (50 FMs: SOC + IR), and Group 3 (51 FMs: SOC + IR + PPV). Pre/ postvariables measured were: blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), skin temperature (ST), and anxiety. When comparing the BP, HR, ST, and anxiety there were no differences between groups with either SOC or IR. There was a significant reduction in anxiety, from baseline to the PPV in Group 3 ( F = 10.1; p

Keywords: anxiety; family visitation; nursing intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773811405520

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