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Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit
Background: Patients admitted in coronary care units face various stressors. Ambiguity of future life conditions and unawareness of caring methods intensifies the patients’ anxiety and stress. This study was conducted to assess the effects of whole body massage on anxiety and vital signs of patients...
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219878/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405113 |
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author | Adib-Hajbaghery, Mohsen Abasi, Ali Rajabi-Beheshtabad, Rahman |
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description | Background: Patients admitted in coronary care units face various stressors. Ambiguity of future life conditions and unawareness of caring methods intensifies the patients’ anxiety and stress. This study was conducted to assess the effects of whole body massage on anxiety and vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 patients. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups. The intervention group received a session of whole body massage and the control group received routine care. The levels of State, Trait and overall anxiety and vital signs were assessed in both groups before and after intervention. Independent sample t-test, paired t-test, Chi-square and Fischer exact tests were used for data analysis. Results: The baseline overall mean score of anxiety was 79.43±29.34 in the intervention group and was decreased to 50.38±20.35 after massage therapy (p=0.001). However, no significant changes were occurred in the overall mean anxiety in the control group during the study. The baseline diastolic blood pressure was 77.05±8.12 mmHg and was decreased to 72.18±9.19 mmHg after the intervention (p=0.004). Also, significant decreases were occurred in heart rate and respiration rate of intervention group after massage therapy (p=0.001). However, no significant changes were occurred in vital signs of the control group during the study. Conclusion: The results suggest that whole body massage was effective in reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders. |
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spelling | pubmed-42198782014-11-17 Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit Adib-Hajbaghery, Mohsen Abasi, Ali Rajabi-Beheshtabad, Rahman Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: Patients admitted in coronary care units face various stressors. Ambiguity of future life conditions and unawareness of caring methods intensifies the patients’ anxiety and stress. This study was conducted to assess the effects of whole body massage on anxiety and vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 patients. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups. The intervention group received a session of whole body massage and the control group received routine care. The levels of State, Trait and overall anxiety and vital signs were assessed in both groups before and after intervention. Independent sample t-test, paired t-test, Chi-square and Fischer exact tests were used for data analysis. Results: The baseline overall mean score of anxiety was 79.43±29.34 in the intervention group and was decreased to 50.38±20.35 after massage therapy (p=0.001). However, no significant changes were occurred in the overall mean anxiety in the control group during the study. The baseline diastolic blood pressure was 77.05±8.12 mmHg and was decreased to 72.18±9.19 mmHg after the intervention (p=0.004). Also, significant decreases were occurred in heart rate and respiration rate of intervention group after massage therapy (p=0.001). However, no significant changes were occurred in vital signs of the control group during the study. Conclusion: The results suggest that whole body massage was effective in reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2014-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4219878/ /pubmed/25405113 Text en © 2014 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Adib-Hajbaghery, Mohsen Abasi, Ali Rajabi-Beheshtabad, Rahman Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit |
title | Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit |
title_full | Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit |
title_fullStr | Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit |
title_full_unstemmed | Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit |
title_short | Whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit |
title_sort | whole body massage for reducing anxiety and stabilizing vital signs of patients in cardiac care unit |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219878/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405113 |
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