title: Influence of Continuous Nursing on the Psychological State and Coping Style of Patients Undergoing Pacemaker Implantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients undergoing pacemaker implantation often experience anxiety and fear. As such, studies have focused on the mechanisms that relieve the negative emotions caused by the intervention. Continuous nursing is a safe and effective nursing mode. In this study, continuous nursing intervention was provided for elderly patients undergoing pacemaker implantation and an empirical investigation was performed to determine the effects of their negative emotion and disease-coping ability.
  
  
  METHODS
  Overall, 114 (68 males and 46 females) elderly patients who were undergoing pacemaker implantation from Harbin City (China), were enrolled in the study. The patients were divided into two groups, namely, the control group and the intervention group, based on different nursing methods. Routine nursing was applied to the control group; continuous nursing support was provided for the intervention group from January 2014 to January 2015. The nursing results of the two groups were compared. These results were also evaluated using self-rating depression scale, self-rating anxiety scale, and trait coping style questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effects of depression and anxiety intervention were significant in the intervention group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the intervention group did not significantly differ. The coping style of the intervention group elicited significant effects. Compared with the control group, the intervention group was significantly different (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Continuous nursing can relieve the negative emotion and improve the negative coping style of patients undergoing pacemaker implantation.
authors.affiliation: Blood Sampling Room, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Disaster Preparedness and Relief Center of Red Cross Society of Heilongjiang, Harbin 150008, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
authors.forename: Zhaojun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: Continuous nursing; Coping style; Pacemaker implantation; Psychological state