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<sec><h3>BACKGROUND</h3>
<p>Patients’ illness perceptions are thought to be associated with anxiety undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).</p>
</sec>
<sec><h3>AIM</h3>
<p>This study aimed to determine the association between illness perception and anxiety undergoing PCI in patients with ACS.</p>
</sec>
<sec><h3>METHODS</h3>
<p>This study used a cross-sectional design and enrolled 50 hospitalized patients with ACS who underwent elective PCI between December 2019 and March 2020. The study instruments were the Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire to evaluate illness perception and the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale to evaluate patients’ anxiety. Statistical analysis was performed using the Pearson correlation test with significance set as p &lt; 0.05.</p>
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<sec><h3>RESULTS</h3>
<p>This study showed that 56% of respondents had positive perceptions toward their disease. The majority of respondents (94%) also indicated a low level of anxiety undergoing PCI. The Pearson correlation test results revealed a significant association between illness perception and the level of anxiety undergoing PCI in patients with ACS (p = 0.043; r = 0.287).</p>
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<sec><h3>CONCLUSION</h3>
<p>There is a significant association between illness perception and anxiety undergoing PCI in patients with ACS. The positive perceptions led to lower patients’ anxiety, and <italic>vice versa</italic>.</p>
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BACKGROUND
Patients’ illness perceptions are thought to be associated with anxiety undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

AIM
This study aimed to determine the association between illness perception and anxiety undergoing PCI in patients with ACS.

METHODS
This study used a cross-sectional design and enrolled 50 hospitalized patients with ACS who underwent elective PCI between December 2019 and March 2020. The study instruments were the Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire to evaluate illness perception and the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale to evaluate patients’ anxiety. Statistical analysis was performed using the Pearson correlation test with significance set as p < 0.05.

RESULTS
This study showed that 56% of respondents had positive perceptions toward their disease. The majority of respondents (94%) also indicated a low level of anxiety undergoing PCI. The Pearson correlation test results revealed a significant association between illness perception and the level of anxiety undergoing PCI in patients with ACS (p = 0.043; r = 0.287).

CONCLUSION
There is a significant association between illness perception and anxiety undergoing PCI in patients with ACS. The positive perceptions led to lower patients’ anxiety, and vice versa.

Association between Illness Perception and Anxiety Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Department of Basic and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences

Department of Anesthesiology Nursing, Faculty of Health Science

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

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BACKGROUND
Patients’ illness perceptions are thought to be associated with anxiety undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute...

Association between Illness Perception and Anxiety Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Publicado en línea: 25 dic 2023

Páginas: 105 - 110

Recibido: 11 abr 2022

Aceptado: 18 may 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2023.9745

Palabras clave
Acute coronary syndrome, Anxiety, Illness perception, Percutaneous coronary intervention

© 2023 Bayu Fandhi Achmad et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Association between Illness Perception and Anxiety Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Pilot Study

Publicado en línea: 25 dic 2023

Páginas: 105 - 110

Recibido: 11 abr 2022

Aceptado: 18 may 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2023.9745

Palabras claveAcute coronary syndrome, Anxiety, Illness perception, Percutaneous coronary intervention

© 2023 Bayu Fandhi Achmad et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Acute coronary syndrome, Anxiety, Illness perception, Percutaneous coronary intervention