تأثیر رفلکسولوژی دست کوتاه مدت بر اضطراب در بیماران قبل از آنژیوگرافی کرونر: یک کارآزمایی بالینی تصادفی کنترل شده با پلاسبو

Hand reflexology alleviated anxiety without any adverse effects on patients before coronary angiography. Therefore, it can be recommended as a non-pharmacological nursing intervention along with other methods to relieve patients’ anxiety. However, future studies with a larger sample size is needed to further examine the efficacy of the hand reflexology intervention on patients’ psychological aspects.