Emotions and Health: Findings From a Randomized Clinical Trial on Psychoeducational Nursing to Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Conclusions: Primary emotions are affected after implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation. Improvements over time were found. However, it was not possible to detect any effect of a short-term psychoeducational nursing intervention. Evaluating the primary emotions might be a good way for nurses to monitor patients’ psychological outcomes because the instrument is sensitive to changes over a short period. Further development of early psychoeducational nursing interventions for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators is needed.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research