Objective: To observe the effect of foot reflexotherapy on negative emotions, sleep quality and quality of life in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: Based on the principle of randomization, 80 patients with AMI who underwent PCI in emergency internal medicine department from October 2023 to August 2024 were randomly divided into observation group and control group. The control group was treated with standard nursing program, and the observation group was treated with foot reflexotherapy in addition to standard nursing. Statistical methods were used to analyze the differences in Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and quality of life between the two groups. Results: Compared with before intervention, the scores of SAS, SDS and PSQI scales in the two groups showed a decreasing trend, and the observation group showed more obvious efficacy improvement (P＜0.05). The scores of 36-item short-form items in the two groups generally increased, and the data of each index in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P＜0.05). Conclusion: For AMI patients undergoing PCI surgery, foot reflexotherapy can effectively improve their mental status, relieve their negative emotions, increase sleep time, improve the quality of life, and accelerate the rehabilitation process.
ZHANG Yu
,
ZHANG Lili
. Effect of foot reflexotherapy on patients with acute myocardial infarction after PCI[J]. Journal of Baotou Medical College, 2026
, 42(4)
: 88
-92
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DOI: 10.16833/j.cnki.jbmc.2026.04.015
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