Effect of foot reflexology on chest pain and anxiety in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A double blind randomized clinical trial

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of foot reflexology on chest pain and anxiety in patients with AMI. This study was a double blind randomized clinical trial. Stratified random sampling was carried out on 90 patients with AMI in the three groups of treatment, placebo and control. Foo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Complementary therapies in clinical practice 2021-02, Vol.42, p.101296-101296, Article 101296
Hauptverfasser:	Sayari, Saeedeh, Nobahar, Monir, Ghorbani, Raheb
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute myocardial infarction Anxiety Anxiety - etiology Anxiety - therapy Chest pain Chest Pain - etiology Chest Pain - therapy Clinical research Clinical trials Double-blind studies Heart attacks Humans Intervention Massage Musculoskeletal Manipulations Myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - complications Myocardial Infarction - therapy Nursing Pain Random sampling Reflexology
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Zusammenfassung:	The aim of this study was to determine the effect of foot reflexology on chest pain and anxiety in patients with AMI. This study was a double blind randomized clinical trial. Stratified random sampling was carried out on 90 patients with AMI in the three groups of treatment, placebo and control. Foot reflexology was done for three consecutive days, each time for 20 min. Chest pain and anxiety were evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale before, immediately and 20 min later. 20 min after the intervention, severity of chest pain in treatment group was significantly lower than control group (p
ISSN:	1744-3881 1873-6947
DOI:	10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101296