Effect of Non-pharmacological Anti-anxiety Exercises on Perceived Stress and Cortisol Level Before Elective Per Cutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

October 6 University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

Treatments

Other: breathing exercise

Other: standard care

Other: reflexology

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06534294

IHC00070

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effect of non-pharmacological anti-anxiety exercises on Perceived Stress and cortisol level before elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Full description

patients will be selected from national heart institute their age from 30 -50 years old. Patients will be assigned randomly into 4 groups 15 in each group, reflexology group, deep breathing group, combined group (reflexology and deep breathing) and control group. Before procedure two tools will used to collect data (demographic characteristics format the beginning once and Distress Thermometer scale before and 30 minutes after application in all groups ) in addition blood samples (5 mL) will take from all the patients on an empty stomach between 08:30 and 10:00 in the morning and 30 minutes after the application to determine the cortisol level in all groups

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

30 to 50 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Fully conscious patients, aged from 30 to 50 years.
will do percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for the first time without any problem of communication.
accepting to give Blood samples available between 08:30 and 10:00 in the morning (to avoid differences in cortisol levels), and agreeing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

having myocardial infarction symptoms,
unconscious, having a surgery in the last 6 weeks,
previously diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder or still having a psychiatric disease, using anxiety medication (psychotropic), corticosteroid, using estrogen or amphetamine derivative drugs,
infection of the lower extremities, having varicose veins, having peripheral neuropathy and deep vein thrombosis or risk of development, high fever,

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

60 participants in 4 patient groups

GROUP1

Experimental group

Description:

Reflexology procedure will applied to patients in calm, quiet patient room with adequate light and in the supine position. For the relaxation of patients 10 minutes of relaxation techniques and stimulation of the reflexology points before reflexology, Reflex therapy was done for each patient for 30 minutes, first for the right foot and then for the left foot (15 minutes each)

Treatment:

Other: reflexology

GROUP2

Experimental group

Description:

patients carried out breathing exercises AS 3 stages(13), stage one Beginning stage for 5 minutes will ask the patients to Sit , Flatten the shoulders, open the legs, and place your arms at your sides naturally , Close eyes and focus on present feelings , stage two deep breathing stage for 10 minutes Exercises were deep breathing exercises; deep inspiration for 5 seconds and slow prolonged expiration for next 5 seconds, at a rate of 6 breaths/min, rest for one minute after each cycle , then apply the exercises again , end stage ; Close eyes and focus your present feelings, Then Relax the whole body for 5 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: breathing exercise

GROUP3

Experimental group

Description:

procedure that will done in reflexology and deep breathing will applied

Treatment:

Other: reflexology

Other: breathing exercise

GROUP4

Other group

Description: