IRCT2016062625366N17 IRCT 2016-08-18 Vice chancellor for research of Urmia University of Medical Sciences Impact of education and rehabilitation on anxiety and readmission of myocardial infarction patients Comparison of designed nursing protocol and common treatment on the frequency of chest pain, readmission and anxiety in myocardial infarction patients 2015-11-21 anticipated 120 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/21238 interventional Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive. 2-3 myocardial infarction. Intervention 1: In this study, the control group received usual care. Intervention 2: Intervention group: for the intervention group designed nursing protocol was implemented. Designed nursing protocol consisted of two parts. In training part, after stabilization the patient's condition, training was conducted in two sessions of 2 hours through face to face education and training manual. The training included information about risk factors of heart disease and myocardial infarction; clinical manifestations, treatment and complications of myocardial infarction; warning signs of recurrent heart attack; intensity of the activities after myocardial infarction and lifestyle changes including weight loss, smoking cessation and diet modification. The second part of designed nursing protocol was cardiac rehabilitation; started since the beginning of patients’ admission in cardiac care unit. Rehabilitation starts from the time of admission up to three months after discharg. Rehabilitation program focused on aerobic exercise consisted of three sessions per week for 8 weeks. Each session took 50 minutes consisting of 10 minutes for warm up, 30 minutes for isometric exercises or walking and 10 minutes for cooling down.