Effects of positive self-talk on the level of anxiety of patients with coronary heart disease

Background: Coronary heart disease has an impact
on the psychological aspect of the patients, including
anxiety responses. Anxiety responses can be reduced
with the positive self-talk technique. This study aims
to analyze the effect of positive self-talk in reducing the
anxiety level of patients with coronary heart disease.
Methods: The study was a pre-experimental design
with a single group pretest-posttest on 55 patients
with coronary heart disease treated at Siti Khodijah Muhammadiyah Hospital in Sepanjang, Sidoarjo, Indonesia. The Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS/SRAS) was used to collect data. Results: Among 55 patients, most of the patients were in the age range of 58-64 years old (25 patients, 46.7 %), unemployed (22 patients, 40 %), and high school level of education (29 patients, 52.8 %). The pre-test data showed that dominant patients experience moderate anxiety (51
patients, 93.3 %). At the same time, the post-test