Web-Based Intervention to Improve Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients' Shock-Related Anxiety and Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Tarih
2019
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Sage Publications Inc
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
In spite of its effectiveness, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients face psychological problems such as shock-related anxiety due to device shocks. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a web-based intervention program for ICD patients would reduce shock-related anxiety and improve quality of life compared with usual care. This was a randomized controlled trial study including a total of 76 patients. Data were collected using Turkish versions of the Florida Shock Anxiety Scale and Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) at 0 (baseline), 3, and 6 months. Following intervention, there was a significant decrease in shock anxiety levels of patients and a statistically significant increase in social functioning, role-physical, mental health, vitality, and bodily pain subdimensions of SF-36. While no statistically significant difference was found between groups in terms of summary scores of SF-36, our results suggest that web-based interventions can be useful for ICD patients.
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nursing, web-based intervention, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, anxiety, quality of life
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Clinical Nursing Research
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Q2
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Q2
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28
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2
