anxiety treatment by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in patients with myocardial infarction

conclusions emdr is an effective tool for curing or decreasing the level of anxiety in myocardial patients. results the findings collected during the 12-month follow-up indicated that emdr was effective for treating anxiety in myocardial patients. materials and methods this study was a clinical trial study. sixty myocardial patients were selected using convenience random sampling and divided into two experimental and control groups. the experimental group (n = 30) received emdr in two 45 - 90 sessions. no treatment was given to the control group (n = 30). the instrument for collecting data in this study was the beck anxiety inventory which was completed in both groups in three steps: before and after intervention, and at the end of a 12-month follow-up period. objectives this study was conducted to evaluate a 12-month follow-up of the effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (emdr) on anxiety levels in myocardial patients. background anxiety after myocardial infarction is a very common problem leading to an increase in complications and hospitalization length.