Anxiety and depression among patients before and after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) at National Heart Institute (NHI)

• Main Authors: Ho, Siew Eng, Syed Zulkifli Syed Zakaria,, Raja Lexshimi RG,, Santhna Letchmi,, Hamidah Hassan,, Razali Omar,, Teoh, Koi Hong, Hanida Mokhtar,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UKM 2007
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1925/1/02._26-33_%28MH_028%29.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1925/; http://www.ppukm.ukm.my/ukmmcjournal/index.php

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an invasive diagnostic investigation that may result in high level of anxiety and “fear of the unknown” among cardiac patients. An increment in anxiety among PCI patients will augment the level of stress and this extreme stress level will then aggravate de...