Comparison of Pectoral Angina Misconception among Iranian Nurses, Nursing Students and Patients.

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Abstract: Introduction: The beliefs and attitudes that guide the behavior of patients are Impressed by the information that medical personnel transferred to them which influence the quality of life and the coping of the patients. However, nurses do not routinely elicit beliefs about angina misconception in their patients and do not attempt to dispel them. Thereupon the aim of the present study is to assess and compare misconception among nurses, patients and nursing students. Method: This is a descriptive-comparative study that examines and compares the misconception in 360 people of nurses, nursing students and patients with angina in Tabriz teaching hospitals, Iran by using version 1 of the York angina belief Questionnaire to measure angina misconception in these groups. Results: Nursing students hold the lowest misconception of angina than patients and nurses (p<0.001). There were no statistically significant differences in the numbers of misconceptions between nurses and patient with angina (p=0.9). as well as demographic characteristics and of misconception in nurses and nursing students. male patients hold fewer misconception than female, and no statistically significant associations between other demographic characteristics and level of misconception in this group. conclusion: Nurses have the most relationship with patients at different stages of their treatment and can play an important role in assessing patients misconception and intervention to dispel them. It seems that education in nursing student and continuing professional education in nurses about angina misconception, in addition to emphasize the importance of issue could result in use of the scientific knowledge of nurses to dispel misconceptions in patients with angina.