IMPACT OF CARDIAC REHABILITATION ON MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENT'S ANXIETY

Anxiety is one of the most common and most important psychological reactions
of patients with acute myocardial infarction. This has very negative effect on prognosis of the disease
and the patient’s physical and mental recovery.This study aimed to investigate the effect of cardiac
rehabilitation on the anxiety of patients with myocardial infarction.
Materials & Methods: it was a semi experimental study. 120 patients with myocardial infarction
hospitalized to CCU Miyandoab Abbassi Hospital were selected based on inclusion criteria and divided
into two groups. In this study, the control group received routine care and for the intervention group was
used cardiac rehabilitation For 12 weeks. Data were collected by demographics checklist and Spiel
Berger anxiety questionnaire that was completed in admission time and 3 months after discharge. Data
was analyzed with Chi-square, t-test and paired t-test and descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation
and variance) by spss version 16.
Results: The results showed that the cardiac rehabilitation had significant effects on reducing the state
anxiety levels between intervention and control groups (p=0/001).The results showed that anxiety in the
control group had no significant difference compared before the start of implementation of the cardiac
rehabilitation (p=0/12). But this difference was significant in the intervention group (p=0/001).
Conclusion: Findings suggest that cardiac rehabilitation reduce the anxiety in patients with myocardial
infarction, which has effective patient care and recovery