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GROUP EDUCATION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: IS IT EFFECTIVE?
Author(s) -
Wallace Nancy,
Wallace D. C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb117648.x
Subject(s) - myocardial infarction , anxiety , medicine , infarction , cardiology , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry
An analysis of the results of a study of a group of postinfarction patients who had received group instruction concerning the nature of myocardial infarction, compared with patients not so instructed, is presented. Contrary to expectation, anxiety levels as measured by the Catell IPAT Anxiety Scale were significantly higher in patients who experienced group education. Regardless of this finding, patients were subjectively appreciative of education.