Atrial Fibrillation. Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: The control group receives routine care. Intervention 2: Massage is done in intervention group in period 20 minutes before the procedure.
Lifestyle
Massage is done in intervention group in period 20 minutes before the procedure
Sponsors
Vice chancellery for research affairs
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Willingness to participate in research? The Cardiologist has recognized the necessity of undergoing Electrocardiography? Ability to read and write? Having Hemodynamic stability? Age more than 15 years old? Obtaining 31 points or higher from Spielberger anxiety questionnaire Exclusion criteria: History of a known mental illness or taking psychiatric drugs? History of participation in training courses of problem solving skill and stress Management: History of new crisis such as death of first degree relatives? Divorce of the patient or his/her parents in the last 6 months? Suffering from hearing lossr? Taking sedative and analgesic drugs three hours before the intervention? Drug addiction? Having pain the pre-procedure pain ? Reluctance and unwillingness to tacking massage.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention and after 10 minutes of massage. Method of measurement: Spielberger questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactSayed Saeed Najafi
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed