TY - JOUR ID - 65813 TI - A Randomized-Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of Reflexology on Anxiety of Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography JO - Nursing and Midwifery Studies JA - NMS LA - en SN - 2322-1488 AU - Molavi Vardanjani, Mehdi AU - Masoudi Alavi, Negin AU - Sadat Razavi, Narges AU - Aghajani, Mohammad AU - Azizi-Fini, Esmail AU - Morteza Vaghefi, Seied AD - 1Student Search Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran AD - 2Trauma Nursing Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran AD - 3Department of Cardiology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran AD - 4Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, IR Iran Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 3 EP - 9 KW - Foot massage KW - Anxiety KW - Coronary Angiography DO - 10.5812/nms.12167 N2 - Background The anxiety reduction before coronary angiography has clinical advantages and is one of the objectives of nursing. Reflexology is a non-invasive method that has been used in several clinical situations. Applying reflexology might have effect on the reduction of anxiety before coronary angiography. Objectives The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to investigate the effect of reflexology on anxiety among patients undergoing coronary angiography. Patients and Methods This trial was conducted in Shahid Beheshti Hospital, in Kashan, Iran. One hundred male patients who were undergoing coronary angiography were randomly enrolled into intervention and placebo groups. The intervention protocol was included 30 minutes of general foot massage and the stimulation of three reflex points including solar plexus, pituitary gland, and heart. The placebo group only received the general foot massage. Spielbergers state trait anxiety inventory was used to assess the anxiety experienced by patients. Data was analyzed using Man-Witney, Wilcoxon and Chi-square tests. The stepwise multiple regressions used to analyze the variables that are involved in anxiety reduction. Results The mean range of anxiety decreased from 53.24 to 45.24 in reflexology group which represented 8 score reduction (P = 0.0001). The reduction in anxiety was 5.9 score in placebo group which was also significant (P = 0.0001). The anxiety reduction was significantly higher in reflexology group (P = 0.014). The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that doing reflexology can explain the 7.5% of anxiety reduction which made a significant model. Conclusions Reflexology can decrease the anxiety level before coronary angiography. Therefore, reflexology before coronary angiography is recommended. UR - https://nmsjournal.kaums.ac.ir/article_65813.html L1 - https://nmsjournal.kaums.ac.ir/article_65813_605ca115c47b4892b3e417e42fbb153c.pdf ER -