Effect of an Educational and Explanatory Program for a Surgical Act on Preoperative Anxiety

Evaluation of the Effect of an Educational and Explanatory Program for a Surgical Act Provided to the Patient Prior to Said Act on Preoperative Anxiety - a Pilot Study at the Nîmes University Hospital on Elective Coronary Angiography

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact on preoperative anxiety of an education and information program conducted prior to non-urgent coronary angiography performed in patients hospitalized at the Nîmes University Hospital.

The secondary objectives of this study are to assess the impact of the HEARTLINK program on the following parameters:

A. Duration of hospital stay; B. Per operative blood and heart rate?; C. Patient satisfaction (visual analog scale).

Inclusion Criteria:

• The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
• The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
• Patient for whom elective coronary angiography is indicated
• The patient has never had a coronary angiography before

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient is participating in another study
• The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
• The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
• The patient refuses to sign the consent
• It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
• The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
• The subject has already had a coronary angiography
• The subject has a cognitive impairment