ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Translational Medicine
Combined Effects of Evodiae Fructus Point Application and Psycho-Cardiology Nursing on Post-PCI Coronary Heart Disease Patients
Provisionally accepted
- Lujiang County Hospital of TCM, Hefei, China
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Objective: To evaluate the effects of Evodiae Fructus point application combined with psycho-cardiology nursing on sleep, quality of life (QoL), and nursing satisfaction in perioperative patients with coronary heart disease after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 82 patients were allocated to either the study group (n=41), receiving Evodiae Fructus point application and psycho-cardiology nursing alongside conventional care, or the control group (n=41), receiving conventional care alone. The primary outcomes were sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI) and QoL (China Questionnaire of QoL in Cardiovascular patients, CQQC). Secondary outcomes included cardiac function indices (LVEF, LVEDD, LVESD, LVEDV), adverse reactions, and nursing satisfaction. Results: While cardiac function improved similarly in both groups (e.g., LVEF increase, between-group difference: −1.85%, 95% CI: −5.42 to 1.72; p=0.305), the study group demonstrated superior primary outcomes. The mean PSQI total score was significantly lower in the study group (9.11 ± 2.84 vs. 14.67 ± 6.52; between-group difference: −5.56, 95% CI: −7.91 to −3.21; p<0.001). The study group also showed greater improvement in the overall CQQC score (between-group difference: 18.45 points, 95% CI: 10.32 to 26.58; p<0.001). Nursing satisfaction was higher in the study group (97.56% vs. 90.24%, p=0.023), with comparable adverse reaction rates (19.5% vs. 9.8%, p=0.322). Conclusion: Integrating Evodiae Fructus point application with psycho-cardiology nursing significantly improves sleep quality, QoL, and nursing satisfaction, with a favorable safety profile, although it does not confer additional short-term benefits to cardiac function.
Keywords: Evodiae Fructus point application therapy, Psycho-cardiology nursing, coronary heart disease, Quality of Life, sleeping
Received: 10 Oct 2025; Accepted: 28 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Linhua Sun
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