This study assessed QOL, cognitive profile, and psychiatric symptoms before after open heart surgery. The prospective was conducted at the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology from January 2022 to 2023. A total 95 patients were included in study. All underwent neurological physical evaluations. Every measure preoperatively postoperatively. effects treatment-related factors patient-related ones an...

OBJECTIVE Anxiety is a pathological condition with a feeling of fear accompanied by somatic symptoms due to hyperactivity of the autonomic nervous system. In this study, we aimed to compare perioperative anxiety status and the effects of age, gender, educational status, and The American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification (ASA) score on perioperative anxiety in patients ...

OBJECTIVES Fatigue symptoms are common among individuals suffering from cardiac diseases, but few studies have explored longitudinally protective factors in this population. This study examined the effect of preoperative factors, especially the use of prayer for coping, on long-term postoperative fatigue symptoms as one aspect of lack of vitality in middle-aged and older patients who survived c...

PURPOSE despite the growing evidence for effects of religious factors on cardiac health in general populations, findings are not always consistent in sicker and older populations. We previously demonstrated that short-term negative outcomes (depression and anxiety) among older adults following open heart surgery are partially alleviated when patients employ prayer as part of their coping strate...

BACKGROUND After cesarean section surgery, routine pharmacologic methods of analgesia--opioids and benzodiazepines--may impair the immediate close contact of mother and neonate for their sedative and emetic effects. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore the effect of patient-selected music on postoperative pain, anxiety, opioid requirement, and hemodynamic profile. METHODS A total...

The current study aimed to examine the role of state-trait anxiety and resiliency in test anxiety. The research was conducted on a sample of 153 high students who completed questionnaire measures of state-trait anxiety (STAI-T), trait resilience (CD-RISC) and test anxiety (TA).  Pearson correlation and regression analyze were used to data analyze. Consistent with the assumption, results in...

objectives this study was designed to compare the effects of dramatic puppet and therapeutic play on anxiety of children undergoing surgery. methods in this randomized clinical trial, 75 children were divided into three groups (dramatic puppet, therapeutic play, and control) using a simple random allocation method. the study was conducted in iran in 2013 - 2014. the revised children’s manifest ...

many of people have hospital anxiety, fear of surgery and are afraid to take medicine. nosocomephobia is the name of the phobia relating to the fear of hospitals. reducing the anxiety is a routine part of pre-operative nursing care. the aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in pre-surgical patients. this descriptive study was done in shahriar hospital. sample size was 11...

Objective: Listening to music has been used as an intervention during both the treatment and rehabilitation process. Cardiac surgery is stressful generates fear for most patients. This study assessed effect of listening on level surgical state anxiety patients, who were undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods: randomized controlled trial consisted 50 patients in group control group. Two days before...