Mindfulness-Based Nursing Care and Anxiety in Open Heart Surgery Patients

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Conditions studied: Open Heart Surgery, Anxiety

In brief

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of a mindfulness-based nursing intervention on anxiety levels and vital signs in patients undergoing open-heart surgery during the preoperative and early postoperative periods.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07397052

Run by

Mersin University

People needed

60

Starts

2026-02-10

Expected to finish

2026-05-20

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Having a planned elective open heart surgery
• Being able to communicate in Turkish and understand the given instructions
• Being conscious, cooperative and oriented
• Having agreed to participate in the research in the preoperative period
• Being extubated and hemodynamically stable in the postoperative period

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with pre-existing serious psychiatric illnesses (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
• Patients with cognitive impairment or those unable to complete the STAI-S scale
• Patients with neurological or sensory problems that impair hearing, speech, or communication
• Patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation in the postoperative period
• Patients requiring re-intubation in the postoperative period
• Patients with hemodynamic instability or those monitored under deep sedation in the intensive care unit
• Patients who develop serious postoperative complications (e.g., stroke, massive bleeding)
• Patients who refuse to participate in the study or wish to withdraw from the study

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