Nursing Intervention Including Meditation and Physiotherapeutic Treatment in Post PCI Chest Pain (Non-Ischemic)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of nursing educational interventions on patients with post PCI non-ischemic chest pain. METHODOLOGY: This experimental study was conducted from December 2017 to May 2018 on 100 post PCI patients. Patients who came with post PCI non-ischemic chest pain and on initial screening on the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) patients scored 5 to 10 were included. Those who had post PCI ischemic chest pain with complications were excluded from the study. The Short McGill Pain Questionnaire (SMPQ) was used to assess the effectiveness of nursing educational interventions. Analysis of data was performed on SPSS version 21. Percentages were used for categorical variables, and inferential statistics were calculated using the Mann-Whitney Test. Mean and S.D. were calculated at baseline, week two, week four, and week six for both experimental and non-experimental groups. A P-value of 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: This study's findings showed that most participants (74%) were males and almost all (99%) were married. The P-value is significant at different intervals between the experimental and control groups at two, four and six weeks with P-values <0.001, <0.001, and <0.001, respectively. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study revealed that nursing interventions help reduce post PCI non-ischemic chest pain levels. This study demonstrates that after nurse-led educational interventions, there were significant differences in scores between interventional and non- interventional groups at different levels after PCI. KEYWORDS: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Chest Pain, Numerical Rating Scale, Short McGill Pain Questionnaire.