Characteristics of music intervention to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization: scoping review.

The characteristics of music interventions for reducing anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization were mapped. A scoping review was conducted according to the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. Searches were performed in electronic portals and databases PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane, EMBASE, Scopus, LILACS, CAPES Thesis Portal (Brazil), DART-Europe E-theses Portal, Theses Canada Portal, Pro-Quest, and Google Scholar databases, gray literature, with no limitation on the year of publication.

[Functional independence measure in patients with intermittent claudication].

Objective: Of this study were to evaluate the functional independence of patients with intermittent claudication and to verify its association with sociodemographic and clinical variables, walking ability and physical activity level.

Method: This was a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. Fifty participants (66.