Background: The present study aimed to evaluate the probable relationship between the anxiety level and the severity of Coronary artery involvement in patients with Slow Flow patterns in Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran, in 2019-2020.
Materials & Methods: 150 patients with a definitive diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) with the Slow Flow pattern in the coronary care unit (CCU) were studied. Demographic data of patients was recorded by an interview at the beginning of the study through questionnaires designed by researchers. The patient’s anxiety was measured in the first refer- ral session by applying 21-item Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) after angiography. The data obtained from the questionnaires and angiographies were analyzed so as to investigate the possible relationship between vascular involvement and anxiety severity using SPSS version 26.
Results: 2% had a severe Slow Flow pattern, and the rest had low to moderate involvement. The most common issue among the subjects was smoking. The mean BAI sore was generally 11.02 ± 12.76, which means mild or low anxiety in individuals. In addition, the mean score of BAI in both sexes showed mild or low anxiety. To be more specific, those with a higher intensity than the Slow Flow pattern in the studies showed moderate anxiety. There was a significant and direct relationship between anxiety score and drug abuse, hypertension, clogged arteries, and angioplasty.
Conclusion: The level of anxiety in patients was generally low and mild, but in patients with severe involvement, anxiety was moderate. No sig- nificant relationship was found between the level of anxiety and the vascular involvement severity.