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. PMID: 24434830 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research