Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.1-19
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- 2000
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- 2383-6415(pISSN)
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- 2383-6423(eISSN)
A study on characteristics and physiological variables of chest pain induced by exercise test in angina suspected patients
협심증이 의심되는 환자에서 운동부하검사로 유발되는 흉통의 양상과 생리적 변인에 관한 연구
- Cho, Mi-Kyoung (Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Seoul National University) ;
- Choe, Myoung-Ae
- Published : 2000.12.18
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics and physiological variables of chest pain induced by exercise test in angina suspected patients. The subjects of this study consisted of 28 inpatients and outpatients aged between 40 and 75 who underwent treadmill test at exercise testing laboratory of S-University from January 2000 to June 2000. Subjects were interviewed with questionnaire regarding sociodemography, the past health history and history related to chest pain before the exercise test. Subjects were interviewed with questionnaire concerning quality, intensity, duration of chest pain induced by walking on the treadmill(Marquette, U.S.A. 1992) according to Bruce protocol following exercise test. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured before, during and after the test, heart rate was determined by ECG. The results of this study were as follows ; 1) Quality of chest pain induced by exercise test were feeling stiffness 19(67.9%), heavy 10(36.0%), exploded 9(32.1%), crushing, suffocating, tight 8(28.6%), stuffy, prickly 7(25.0%), burning 6(21.4%), clasp 5(17.9%), cleaved, tensed, piercing 3(10.7%), perfectly fitting, sore 2(7.1%), tearing, tingling, ticklish, heartburn 1(3.6%). 2) Mean score of VAS(intensity of pain) following exercise test was