TY - JOUR AU - Tongsai, Pranee AU - Kuna, Namtip AU - Phongpramote, Jaruwan AU - Laksanabunsong, Pansak PY - 2011/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effect of the ICU Transferred - preparation Program for Patients with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Valvular Heart Replacement/ Repair on Transfer Anxiety and Satisfaction JF - Nursing Science Journal of Thailand JA - NURS SCI J THAIL VL - 29 IS - 4 SE - Research Papers DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ns/article/view/2841 SP - 27-36 AB - <p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This research aimed to determine the effect of the ICU transferred-preparation programfor coronary artery bypass graft and replacement/repair valvular patients on transfer anxiety and theirsatisfaction towards the nursing services.</p><p><strong>Designs:</strong> Quasi-experimental design.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> A sample of 60 patients admitted to the cardiovascular thoracic ICU at Siriraj Hospitalwith coronary artery bypass graft and valvular heart replacement/repair was recruited. The sample wasdivided into a control group receiving usual care and an experimental group receiving the ICUtransferred-preparation program with 30 patients each. The instruments for data collection wereconsisted of a demographic characteristics data from, Pre-Transfer Anxiety Inventory (Pre-TAI), Post-Transfer Anxiety Inventory (Post -TAI) and satisfaction questionnaires. The data were analyzed by usingfrequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-square test, and t-test.</p><p><strong>Main finding:</strong> The results showed that both transfer anxiety scores prior to and after thetransferred periods in the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group (p &lt;.05). However, the satisfaction scores in the experimental group was not significantly higher than that inthe control group (p &gt; .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion and recommendations: </strong>The results suggest that using the ICU transferred –preparation program for patients with coronary artery bypass graft and valvular heart replacement/repair helps improve quality of care and decrease the anxiety of patients who were transferred from ICU.The program should be encouraged for use in a routine nursing practice with this group of patients.</p> ER -