The effect of an anger control education on anger and emotion control of patients with hypertension

This research have been done as a pre-test post-test with control group of quasi-experimental method so as to determine the effects on patients? anger and emotions controls of anger control education given for patients with hypertension. All the patients diagnosed as hypertension at least for 6 months in Gaziantep Şehitkâmil Family Health Center during the research constitute the research population. The sample of the research has been consisted of 66 patients who are suitable for the criteria of the research, 33 patients in experimental group and 33 patients in control group. The data has been collected between May and September 2011 by using the patient information form, the continuous anger- anger expression style scale and The Courtauld Emotion Control Scale. For evaluating the data, percentile, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test for dependent and independent groups and chi-square analysis has been used. It is found that in the experimental group the average score of for the pre-test is 26.06±2.22, and for post-test 19.48±3.00. The average score of the pre-test the anger?in is 18.66±4.07 and it is 20.03±3.24 in post-test. The average score of the pre -test the anger-out in pre-test is 18.66±4.07 and it is 16.18±3.03 in post-test. The average score of the pre -test the anger control is 15.75±2.58 and it is 20.75±2.57 in post-test. The decreases in the score of the continuous anger, anger-in and anger- out and the increase the score of the anger control of the patients in experimental group in post-test compared with pre-test are significant (p<0.001). It is not important difference in the patients in control group (p>0.05). It has been understood that in experimental group, the mean score of "CDKÖ" in pre-test is 55.03±7.64 and it is 49.45±5.90 in post-test and this difference is significant (p<0.001), on the other hand, the difference in control group is not significant (p>0.05). Consequently, the anger control education has been effective on decreasing the level of continuous anger, anger- in, anger-out and emotion control of the patients with hypertension, and increasing their ability about to control their anger.Key Words: Anger and Emotion Control, Anger Control Education, Hypertension