{"id":5140,"date":"2025-09-15T13:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvja.co.za\/journal\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:52:09","slug":"cvja-2025-051","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvja.co.za\/journal\/cvja-2025-051\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of knowledge and anxiety levels regarding the procedure between elective and emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty patients"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div id=\"article\">                                                                                                                        \r\n        <div id=\"title-container\">                                                                                                    \r\n        <div id=\"authors-title\">                                                                                                            \r\n        <!--Aurthors under Title-->                                                                                                            \r\n            \r\nOznur Kavakli, Hande Sabanduzen                                                                                              \r\n        <\/div>        \r\n<\/div>                                                                                                                            \r\n            <div id=\"copyright\">\r\n        <strong>Copyright:<\/strong> Clinics Cardive Publishing (Pty) Ltd. publisher\r\n        of Cardiovascular Journal of Africa.<\/div>\r\n    <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>                                                                                                                                \r\n        <div id=\"article-abstract\">                                                                                                            \r\n            <div id=\"abstract-title\">                                                                                                        \r\n                    Abstract                                                                                                                \r\n                <\/div>                                                                                                                        \r\n                                                                                                                                \r\n            <div id=\"abstract-content\">                                                                                                        \r\n            <!--Content of Abstract Article-->                                                                                                \r\n            <!--<strong>\"Abstract titles\":<\/strong>-->                                                                                        \r\n            <!--<br\/> at the end of each section!!-->                                                                                        \r\n                                                                                                                                            \r\n        <strong>Background:<\/strong>                                                                                                    \r\n                                                                                                                                                    \r\n This study was conducted to compare the procedure-related knowledge and anxiety levels among patients who underwent elective and emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in the coronary intensive care unit (CICU).                                                                                                      \r\n                <br \/>                                                                                                                            \r\n                                                                                                                                                \r\n        <strong>Methods:<\/strong>                                                                                                    \r\n                                                                                                                                                    \r\n   The study was descriptive and conducted in the Cardiology Clinic CICU of a training and research hospital in Ankara, Turkey, between December 2020 and June 2022. The study sample was completed with 95 volunteer participants who underwent PTCA. These were either elective (n = 47) or emergency admissions (n = 48) to the CICU.                                                                                                                 \r\n                <br \/>        \r\n                \r\n                <strong>Results:<\/strong>                                                                                                    \r\n                                                                                                                                                    \r\n 37 (38.9%) of the patients were female, 58 (61.1%) were male, and the mean age was 61.1 \u00b1 12.1 years. 23 (24.1%) were smokers, and 55 (57.89%) had chronic diseases. A statistically significant difference (p < 0.001)was found between the two groups in terms of their knowledge levels regarding the PTCA procedure. A significant difference (p < 0.05) was also found between the two groups in terms of the mean scores on Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).                                                                                                  \r\n                <br \/>\r\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \r\n                                                                                                                                                \r\n        <strong>Conclusion:<\/strong>                                                                                                    \r\n                                                                                                                                                    \r\nThe knowledge level of patients admitted to elective CICU was found to be higher than that of patients admitted to the emergency department. Patients admitted to emergency CICU were found to have more anxiety and fear of death than elective patients.                                                                                                         \r\n                <br \/>        \r\n\r\n                                                                                                                                                \r\n            <\/div>                                                                                                                            \r\n        <\/div>                                                                                                                                    \r\n                                                                                                                                        \r\n                                                                                                                                                \r\n        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                                                <br \/>                                                            \r\n        <em>Cardiovasc J Afr 2025; <b>36<\/b>: 297-303<!--pg no. till pg no. \"eg. 4-7\"--><\/em>\r\n        <br \/><strong>Volume 36, Issue 3<\/strong> <br \/>                                                                            \r\n        <\/div>                                                                                                                            \r\n                                                                                                                                        \r\n    <div id=\"DOI\">                                                                                                                    \r\n            DOI Citation Reference: dx.doi.org\/10.5830\/CVJA-2025-051<!--DOI number-->                                                                \r\n        <\/div>                                                                                                                            \r\n                \r\n                <div id=\"author-affiliation\">                                                                                                \r\n                                                                                                                                        \r\n                <strong>Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Gulhane Faculty of Nursing, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey\r\n<\/strong>    <br \/>                                                                            \r\nOznur Kavakli\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\n                <strong>Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey\r\n\r\n<\/strong>    <br \/>                                                                            \r\nHande Sabanduzen\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n                                                                      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