Key result
Angiography and PCI are linked to moderate or severe anxiety in ~84% of older patients.
Why the study?
Although coronary angiography and PCI are minimally invasive with relatively low risk, most patients show pre-procedural anxiety.
Observational (n=155)
No
A significant proportion of older patients undergoing coronary angiography and PCI experience moderate to severe pre-procedural anxiety, particularly older females and those without prior interventions.
May warrant anxiety screening before coronary procedures in older adults; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions and prospective trials.
Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) are diagnostic andtherapeutic procedures often for patients with CAD. Although these are minimally invasive andhave relatively low risk, most patients showed pre-procedural anxiety. The present study assessedthe anxiety level and factors associated with it among older Adults undergoing coronaryangiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. A total of 155 older patients undergoingCoronary Angiography and PCI at Cardiac Catheterization Units, Zagazig University Hospitalswere selected.The results showed that 58.1% of the studied older adults patients had moderate anxiety,while, 25.8% of them had severe anxiety and only 16.1% of them had mild anxiety level. Thehighest rates of anxiety were found in in female patients with age greater than or equivalent to70 years compared with other age groups, with low educational level, had chest pain attack andthose without previously cardiac intervention.
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Allah et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Coronary Artery Disease (n=155). Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention was evaluated on Anxiety level. Undergoing coronary angiography and PCI was associated with moderate anxiety in 58.1% and severe anxiety in 25.8% of older patients, with highest rates in females and those aged ≥70 years.
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