Effect of Therapeutic Communication on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Cardiovascular Disease Patients

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10.2991/978-94-6463-070-1_25How to use a DOI?

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Communication; Anxiety; Depression; Cardiovascular diseases

Abstract

Introduction: Patients with cardiovascular disease often suffer from anxiety symptoms and dpression, which can further affect their heart disease. Therapeutic communication is an approach to providing nursing care and is considered very imperative to reduce anxiety and depression in patients. Purpose: The study aims to determine the effect of therapeutic communication in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms among patients in the Intensive Cardiology Care Unit (ICCU). Method: This was a single group quasi experiment with pre-post tests research. 40 patients who were recruited using incidental sampling, received therapeutic communication during their staying in the ICCU. The intervention was performed by nurses who were certified and had minimum 3 years of experience in the ICCU. The nurses were observed single-blindly by two observers (Kappa test = 0.545) to ensure the implementation of appropriate therapeutic communication. Hospital and Depression Scale for anxiety (HADS) questionnaire was utilized to measure anxiety and depression. The data were analyzed using paired t-test. Results: The results showed there was a significant decrease in the mean (SD) score of anxiety symptoms from 11.88 (3,539) to 7.95 (3.809). Moreover, the depression mean (SD) score among patients with cardiovascular disease also significantly decreased from 11.45 (3.609) to 8.72 (SD 3.412), with p-value < 0.001. Implication: The application of therapeutic communication interventions is effective in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients treated in the ICCU. Screening for anxiety and depression should be done when the patient enters ICCU and before the patient goes home.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sri Suparti
AU  - Susana Widyaningsih
AU  - Endiyono
AU  - Rusmono
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/26
TI  - Effect of Therapeutic Communication on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Cardiovascular Disease Patients
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation on Health Sciences and Nursing (ICOSI-HSN 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 201
EP  - 209
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-070-1_25
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-070-1_25
ID  - Suparti2022
ER  -