title: Effects of anxiety on family members of patients with cardiac disease learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
abstract: The effects of anxiety on learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by family members of patients with cardiac disease was examined. Family members of hospitalized patients (n = 17), family members of nonhospitalized patients (n = 12), and a control group (n = 21) all took one of nine Heart Saver programs in which CPR was taught and performance evaluated. Subjects took the State Anxiety Inventory three times: immediately before the program, immediately after the performance test, and 2 months after completion of the program. Family members of hospitalized patients had significantly higher before-program anxiety scores than the other groups. This difference was not present immediately after the program or 2 months later. Family members of hospitalized patients showed a significant decline in anxiety over the three testing times. These outcomes support the benefit of teaching CPR to this group.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Columbia 65211.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sigsbee
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Geden
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012151:Resuscitation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*