J Korean Biol Nurs Sci.  2016 Nov;18(4):280-287. 10.7586/jkbns.2016.18.4.280.

Effects of Information Provision on Anxiety, Blood Pressure & and Pulse in Cerebral Angiography Clients

• Lee SY
• Lee KS

• KMID: 2361643
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7586/jkbns.2016.18.4.280

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to evaluate the effects of information on anxiety, blood pressure and pulse in cerebral angiography clients.
METHODS
The data were collected from June to November 2014. The participants were 42 (21 each for experimental and control group) patients who to received cerebral angiography. The information developed from researchers' materials for cerebral angiography was provided only to experimental group. Measured variables were anxiety, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and pulse rate. Research tools for anxiety were Spielberger's state anxiety inventory, and 10 point visual analogue scale (VAS).
RESULTS
The difference in mean systolic blood pressure after intervention between the experimental group (129±15.34) and the control group (141±17.70) was statistically significant (t=-2.28, p=.028). The differences between the two groups in state anxiety, VAS anxiety, diastolic blood pressure, and pulse rate after intervention were not statistically significant (p>.05).
CONCLUSION
The information using educational material was effective in to decreasing systolic blood pressure in patients who received cerebral angiography. Therefore this study material could be used as a nursing intervention for patients in cerebral angiography.

Keyword

Cerebral Angiography; Information Service; Anxiety; Blood Pressure; Pulse

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Blood Pressure*
Cerebral Angiography*
Heart Rate
Humans
Information Services
Nursing