A nurse-led intervention for patients on CABG waiting lists.
Patients on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) waiting lists experience numerous emotional disturbances. This article reports on the introduction of a nurse-led presurgical intervention that comprises home visits and follow-up calls from a specialist cardiac nurse based at the hospital. An improvement in patients' anxiety and depression levels and modifiable coronary heart disease risk factors was observed following the intervention.
Screeche-Powell
Clare
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St Thomas' Hospital, London.
D001007:Anxiety / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists