Determining the Levels of Perceived Stress and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography in Accordance with Their Status of Being Informed About the Procedure

This study aims to determine the levels of perceived stress and anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography (CAG) according to their status of being informed about the procedure. The population of this descriptive study consisted of patients who were referred to the cardiology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in the Black Sea Region of Turkey between December 2017 and May 2018 and planned to undergo CAG for the first time. The sample included 140 patients who met the study inclusion criteria. Data were collected using a personal information form, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and statistically evaluated using the SPSS 20.0 package program. Patients had moderate levels of perceived stress and trait anxiety and high levels of state anxiety. Patients who received information about CAG procedure had lower levels of perceived stress and state anxiety than those who did not. Those who had correct information about the way of application of the procedure had lower levels of perceived stress and state anxiety than those who did not know or had wrong information about it. Those who had correct information about the purpose of the procedure had lower levels of perceived stress and state-trait anxiety than those who had wrong information about it. In addition, those who had wrong information about the purpose of the procedure had lower levels of perceived stress and state anxiety than those who did not know it.