title: Nursing guidance on bed baths to reduce anxiety.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the effectiveness of a nursing guidance protocol to reduce the anxiety of patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing bed bath, and the correlation of vital signs with state-anxiety.
  
  
  METHODS
  randomized clinical trial study. The sample consisted of 120 patients. The intervention group received a nursing guidance protocol about bed bath and the control group received the unit's routine information. The STAI-State scale was used to assess anxiety, and data were collected at three times: immediately after informing the patients about the bed bath; immediately after interventions; and immediately after the bath.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the intervention group presented significantly lower state-anxiety compared to the control group (p<0.001) after the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the nursing orientation was effective to reduce anxiety in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing bed bath.
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem Clinica e Cirúrgica, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors: Juliana de Lima
authors: Jde L
authors: Lopes
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem Clinica e Cirúrgica, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors: Dulce Aparecida
authors: DA
authors: Barbosa
authors: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors: Luiz Antônio
authors: LA
authors: Nogueira-Martins
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem Clinica e Cirúrgica, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors: Alba Lucia Bottura Leite
authors: AL
authors: de Barros
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001494:Baths; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged