Effect of empathy nursing on anxiety, depression and expectation of patients with myocardial infarction
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2016.12.011
- VernacularTitle:移情护理干预对心肌梗死患者焦虑、抑郁及希望水平的影响
- Author:
Fei SHEN
;
Liang XU
;
Fang YANG
;
Yu HUA
- Keywords:
myocardial infarction;
empathy nursing;
anxiety;
depression
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2016;15(12):45-49
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of empathy nursing on anxiety,depression and expectation of patients with myocardial infarction.Methods In our study,47 patients with myocardial infarction in the department of cardiology of our hospital from August 2013 to July 2014 were assigned as the control group and another 47 patients with the same disease during August 2014 to July 2015 as the study group.The control group received conventional nursing treatment and the study empathy nursing in addition to the conventional nursing.The two groups were compared in terms of anxiety,depression and expectation using Zung anxiety self rating scale (SAS),depression self rating scale (SDS) and Herth hope index (HHI).Results On admission,the patients in the two groups showed no differences in the levels of anxiety,depression and expectation (P＞0.05).After intervention,the levels of anxiety and depression in the study were significantly lower than those in the control group,but the level of expectation was higher (all P＜0.05).Conclusion Empathy nursing is effective for the relief of anxiety and depression in the patients with myocardial infarction as well as for their enhanced expectation for prognosis.
