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. 2025 Jul;50(7):102917.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102917. Epub 2024 Nov 1.

Effectiveness of emotional-focused coping on heart-focused anxiety in patients prior to cardiac catheterization

Baneen Kamil Gatie  1 , Hayder H Al-Hadrawi  2
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Effectiveness of emotional-focused coping on heart-focused anxiety in patients prior to cardiac catheterization

Baneen Kamil Gatie et al. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2025 Jul.

Abstract

Background: Heart-focused anxiety involves a concentration on and a fear of cardiacrelated feelings and their anticipated negative outcomes (such as a life-threatening arrhythmia or abrupt cardiac death). It results in continuing concerns about heart function, avoiding activities that are thought to cause cardiac symptoms, and frequent behavior of requesting assistance in medical settings. This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of Emotional-Focused Coping on Heart-Focused Anxiety in Patients Prior to Cardiac Catheterization.

Materials and methods: A quasi-experimental study using (pretest and posttest design with a control group). A purposive sampling technique was used to gather the study information from 120 patients prior to cardiac catheterization by using the beck anxiety inventory scale. The study is conducted in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Government, Al-Najaf Center for Cardiac Surgery and Trans-Catheter Therapy.

Results: A statistically significant difference is found in participant's anxiety level prior to cardiac catheterization between the first measure before applying the coping techniques and the second measure after the application of coping strategies (Mean difference = 13.500, P < 0.0005).

Conclusion: The emotional focused coping strategies are proving as easy interventions to apply and effective in terms of reducing the level of heart-focused anxiety prior to cardiac catheterization.

Keywords: Catheterization; Emotional-focused coping; Heart-focused anxiety.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial disclosures to report regarding the publication of this manuscript. The study was conducted independently, and no funding or sponsorship was received from any external sources. All authors contributed equally to the conceptualization, design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the study. The manuscript was prepared and reviewed by all authors, who have approved the final version for submission. The study adhered to the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki, and all participants provided informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of kufa. The authors affirm that the manuscript is original and has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The authors also agree to provide retractions or corrections of any mistakes or errors identified in the manuscript. In conclusion, the authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial disclosures to report regarding the publication of this manuscript.

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