Influence of emotion management on nutrition risk in heart failure patients with different heart function

Objective To explore the influence of emotion management on nutrition risk in heart failure patients with different heart function. Methods A total of 180 heart failure patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart function class Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅳwho were hospitalized in Cardiovascular Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of He'nan University of Science and Technology from September 2015 to September 2016 were collected in this study. The participants were divided into two groups according to the order of admission. The control group (n=90) received routine psychological nursing, while the observation group (n=90) received additional emotional management. The Profile of Mood States-Short Form (POMS-SF) and Nutrition Risk Screening Tool 2002 (NRS 2002) were used to assess the emotional state and nutritional status of the patients on the first day of admission and one day before discharge. Results On the first day of admission, there were no significant differences in the scores of POMS-SF (t=-0.560, 0.929, -0.065; P>0.05) and NRS 2002 (t=0.173, -0.362, -0.392; P>0.05) of heart failure patients with different heart function between two groups. But on one day before discharge, the intervention group had significantly lower POMS-SF score (t=-2.808, -2.322, -2.445; P<0.05) and lower NRS 2002 score (t=-3.791, -3.372, -6.542; P<0.05) compared with the control group. Conclusions The emotional management can effectively improve the emotional state and reduce the nutritional risk in heart failure patients with different functional classification. It has a better effect compared with conventional psychological nursing and is worthy of clinical application. Key words: Emotion management; Heart function; Heart failure; Nutrition risk