Management of anxiety after acute myocardial infarction

• Published in: Heart & lung Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 411 - 420
• Main Authors: Frazier, Susan K., Moser, Debra K., O'Brien, Jennifer L., Garvin, Bonnie J., An, Kyungeh, Macko, Marlene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis, MO Mosby, Inc 01.11.2002; Mosby
• Subjects: Analgesics - therapeutic use; Anti-Anxiety Agents - therapeutic use; Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - etiology; Anxiety - nursing; Anxiety - prevention & control; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Coronary heart disease; Female; Heart; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Midwestern United States; Myocardial Infarction - nursing; Myocardial Infarction - psychology; Nursing Assessment; Quality of Health Care; Social Support; Midwestern United States; Human; Prognosis; Treatment; Infarct; Acute; Myocardium; Cardiovascular disease; Anxiety; Management; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease

Background: Anxiety is common after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and may induce complications and poorer outcome because of activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. Little is known about critical care nurses' management of anxiety in the ini...