The Effect of Stress Ball Application Before Coronary Angiography on Stress, Anxiety and Vital Signs

The Effect of Stress Ball Application Before Coronary Angiography on Stress, Anxiety and Vital Signs

It aimed to examine stress, anxiety and resorting to life paths to enable researchers to contain this stress.

Stress and anxiety lives of patients before coronary angiography. The stress and anxiety they experience also affect their vital signs. The researchers aimed to examine the ways the stress ball affected their patients' stress, anxiety, and vital signs.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years and over
• For those who will undergo coronary angiography for the first time
• Able to read and write
• Not diagnosed with anxiety disorder and not using medication for it
• No physical disability to use the stress ball
• Cognitive health levels consist of individuals who are suitable for answering data collection forms.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unconscious and not fully oriented
• Sight and hearing problems
• Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia
• Having a severe psychiatric problem that cannot answer the questions
• Those who came with MI (myocardial infarction) and performed CAG
• Individuals who are closed to communicating are not included in this study.