Introduction- Anxiety can be functionally appropriate when it prompts an
individual to quickly seek treatment for acute cardiac signs and symptoms.
Presently, about 3.0 million Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
(PTCA) procedures are performed each year worldwide even though minimally
invasive, patients experience more anxiety. Research has shown that
complementary therapy has the main role in the reduction of anxiety in PTCA
patients.
Methods- A quantitative research approach with true experimental research
comprising of pre-test-post-test with control group design was adopted to
assess the level of anxiety and the effect of aromatherapy on anxiety.
Ninety patients were selected using a simple random sampling technique in a
tertiary cardiac care hospital. The tools used for the study were baseline,
clinical variables, and Beck Anxiety Inventory scale.
Results- Analysis of the effectiveness of aromatherapy on anxiety among PTCA
patients revealed that the mean pre interventional anxiety score was 32.11,
whereas the mean post interventional anxiety score was 14.78. The calculated
t value (t=18.22) was significant at the 0.05 level.
Conclusion- The aromatherapy had a positive effect on reducing anxiety,
among patients undergoing PTCA, therefore, it may be used as an independent
nursing intervention.
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