The effects of education on anxiety among Chinese patients with heart disease undergoing cardiac catheterization in Hong Kong.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the effects of patient education on anxiety among Chinese patients with heart disease undergoing cardiac catheterization in Hong Kong.


METHODS
Randomized experimental design, data collected on three occasions from subjects.


METHODS
A regional major hospital in Hong Kong.


METHODS
62 clients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated into experimental and control groups with 31 subjects in each group.


METHODS
Group education before cardiac catheterization.


METHODS
State Anxiety Inventory (STAI Form Y-1) and Knowledge about Cardiac Catheterization.


RESULTS
State anxiety of all subjects reached the highest at the time just before cardiac catheterization and recorded the lowest at the time following the procedure. A lower level of anxiety was experienced by the experimental subjects who received the education intervention when compared with the control subjects who did not receive the education intervention before cardiac catheterization.


CONCLUSIONS
The study provides initial information about anxiety reduction with education intervention among Chinese heart disease patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. It is envisaged that the study may also assist health professionals in developing and designing effective educational programmes for clients prior to cardiac catheterization.
Chan
Dominic Shung Kit
DS
The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Cheung
Heung Wan
HW
D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic